Spain: The use of prohibited insecticide against citrus cotton wool is ruled out

Published 2021년 4월 14일

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The article reports that Senador Vicente Martínez Mus has requested the Spanish Government to exceptionally allow the use of the pesticide banned since 2020 due to health risks, to combat the cotton wool plague (cochineal) affecting citrus and other fruits in the Valencian Community, Tarragona, Murcia, and parts of Andalusia. However, the request has been declined by the minister, who emphasizes the health risks and the potential rejection of Spanish fruit shipments in the EU market. The government is instead focusing on the action plan to combat the plague and promote biological control.
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Planas has answered negatively, in the Plenary of the Upper House, to an interpellation of the popular senator Vicente Martínez Mus, who has requested that the Government exceptionally allow the use of this pesticide, banned since 2020, to combat the so-called “plague of cotton wool ( cochineal) from Les Valls ”. Martínez Mus has defended the treatment with said phytosanitary, as a solution to the expansion of the cotonet, and echoing the requests from the agricultural sector, as he has assured. The senator has indicated that if said pesticide is used at this time of the year it would be "harmless" for the fruit, in addition to pointing out that Italy has allowed it exceptionally. The cotonet plague affects citrus and other fruit (persimmon or medlar) farms and has spread in the Valencian Community, as well as outbreaks in Tarragona, according to the official data mentioned by the minister. For his part, the popular senator has said that it also affects Murcia and some parts of ...
Source: PEefeagro

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