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Tree Nut Growers: 2021 Navel Orangeworm Survey has begun

August 2, 2021   Office of Public Affairs

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services Division is releasing the 2021 Navel Orangeworm Program Survey to growers. The survey addresses the development of new tools to detect and control navel orangeworm in tree nut crops, including sterile insect technique (SIT), which is an environmentally-friendly pest control method involving the mass-rearing and sterilization of …

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Beneficial Bugs: USDA releasing hundreds of thousands of sterile LBAM in Long Beach

July 20, 2011   CDFA Staff

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has begun a five-month pilot project in Long Beach, California to determine whether sterile insect technology (SIT) can be an effective tool in agricultural officials’ ongoing effort to control the invasive light brown apple moth (LBAM) in California. SIT is a proven and environmentally friendly method of controlling a pest infestation by introducing …

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