Mexico: Sader declares new areas free of avocado pests in Jalisco, Nayarit, and Edomex

2000Agro/Redacción The Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) declared for the first time the municipalities of Mixtlán, Jalisco; Compostela and Amatlán de Cañas, Nayarit; Juchitepec and the agroecological zone of Tenería de Tejupilco, State of Mexico, as regulated pest-free zones for avocado trees. This boosts the competitiveness of avocado producers with more than 495 hectares, who raise the quality of their fruits and can market them in more and better national and international markets. In the Agreement, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), it is established that the technicians of the National Service of Health, Safety and Food Quality (Senasica) confirmed the absence of the large avocado pit borer (Heilipus lauri), the small avocado pit borer (Conotrachelus aguacatea and C. perseae) and the pit borer moth (Stenoma catenifer) in the regions of the three states. The above, in strict adherence to the procedures indicated in the Mexican ...