Do you know Tropical bed bug?
Channel: Chris Daeyun Kim
Date: 2018-05-06

Most of us heard about bed bugs, but we have no idea about two main human blood sucking bed bugs namely common bed bug, Cimex lectularius and tropical bed bug, Cimex hemipterus. 

By comparing these bed bugs, we can understand more for successful management in the fields.

Increasing trading and travelling have distributed both species of bed bugs to the world. As a result, there is no more border for common - temperate or subtropical region, and tropical bed bugs, and mixed up in terms of each species' world distributions.

ANRES 2018 held in Bangkok 26-28 April hosted by Kasetsart(meaning 'Agriculture') University. As Thailand exporting tones of tropical fruits, the tropical pests also could be exported.

Researching and preventing tropical pests are one of main obligation of the Thai scientist.  

The speaker Chris Daeyun Kim from South Korea started his research about tropical pests and disease from 2014 in South East Asia.

As he has background experiences in the pest management industries from 2009, he expanded his knowledge by pursuing his Master's degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia(Science University of Malaysia). Now he is continuing his doctorate in Kasetsart University in Thailand. 

He is keep working for tropical pests and disease management fields as an expert as his career is based in South East Asia region.