“Integrated Pest Management Practices for the Light Brown Apple Moth in New Zealand: Implications for California” is our site of the day

Published: March 7, 2008, 11:19 am

A report by Daniel Harder, Ph.D. the Executive Director of the Arboretum, at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Jeff Rosendale, a grower and horticultural consultant from Watsonville have released a 15 page report that shows that the light brown apple moth, the subject of spraying of aerial pesticides in California that are planned to expand and include urban counties, is controlled by natural predators. Integrated Pest Management Practices for the Light Brown Apple Moth in New Zealand: Implications for California contradicts claims made by the state of California that light brown apple moth is a risk to our state's agriculture and wildlands. It reports that this moth is a relatively minor pest in New Zealand where it does not do economically significant crop damage or detrimentally affect native flora and its findings contradict the California Department of Farm and Agriculture's rationale for a pesticide spray program that is planned for the Central Coast and

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