The western walnut shell dragon causes significant damage to walnut plantations in Hungary

The damage caused by the invasive pest caused by the invasive pest causes significant damage to the walnut plantations in Hungary. In a non-representative questionnaire survey conducted by the Agricultural Portal in November, 4,700 people participated, with 6 percent of respondents describing the destruction of the western walnut borehole as sporadic and 93 percent as mass-sized. The pest is already practically present in the whole country, only Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg and Hajdú-Bihar counties can be considered relatively less infected, here 43 and 36 percent of the respondents reported sporadic damage, respectively. The announcement quoted Bence Bolyki, the managing director of Agroinform.hu, who said that the rapid growth of the western walnut drill fly indicates that its damage was noticed by 67 percent of the respondents only this year or in the last 1-2 years. Only 3 percent have at least 5 years of such experience. It is also due to the incomplete background of experience ...