Japan Agricultural News - Peach and plum damage: Outpatient longhorn beetle control outdoor demonstration. As the damage spreads, Wakayama Prefecture hurry to establish effective control methods.

Wakayama Prefecture embarks on an outdoor control demonstration test against a specific alien species "Aromia bungii" that damages peaches and plum trees and dies. Established an outdoor breeding facility at the Prefectural Fruit Tree Experiment Station Kaki-Momo Research Institute (Kikawa City) Make it possible to confirm the effects of registered chemicals that have been demonstrated indoors in fruit tree test fields, etc. As the damage spreads, hurry to establish effective control methods. Prefectural September supplementary budget of 13.7 million yen Accounting. It is necessary to have a facility that meets the standards of the Ministry of the Environment for breeding specific alien species and conducting demonstration tests outdoors, or a dedicated facility surrounded by a net will be set up. According to the Forestry Research Institute, which leads the research on Aromia bungii, it is demonstrated outdoors except for damaged gardens, which is rare in Japan. However, we have ...