New Zealand ag officials say natural predators there keep light brown apple moth in check: Light brown apple moth no longer a pest down under

Daniel Harder, executive director of the arboretum at the University of California-Santa Cruz, and Jeff Rosendale, Watsonville nursery owner, said in their report that New Zealanders, their crops and the light brown apple moth have been coexisting peacefully for the last several years. The state Dep...

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Published inMcClatchy - Tribune Business News
Main Author Tompa, Rachel
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 13.03.2008
Subjects
Agriculture
Butterflies & moths
Light
Pesticides
Pheromones
Studies
New Zealand
United States > US
California
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Summary:Daniel Harder, executive director of the arboretum at the University of California-Santa Cruz, and Jeff Rosendale, Watsonville nursery owner, said in their report that New Zealanders, their crops and the light brown apple moth have been coexisting peacefully for the last several years. The state Department of Food and Agriculture sprayed a pheromone pesticide over Santa Cruz and Monterey counties last fall in an attempt to eradicate the moth, which it considers a danger to the state's plant life.