Argentina exports sterile Mediterranean flies to Bolivia and Chile

Published 2021년 3월 4일

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Argentina has started exporting sterile flies of Ceratitis capitata to Bolivia and Chile to aid in pest control, positioning itself as a leading producer of this biological material in the region. The sterile flies are produced at the Santa Rosa Bioplant of the Mendoza Institute of Agricultural Health and Quality and will be provided to Bolivia to control the Mediterranean fly in the department of Cochabamba. Argentina is consolidating its position as an international leader in the production of sterile flies, a practice that is part of the National Program for the Control and Eradication of the Fruit Fly, which uses the Sterile Insect Technique to control the Mediterranean Fly.

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Buenos Aires - Argentina began the export of sterile flies of Ceratitis capitata to Bolivia and Chile, to be used in the control of this pest, positioning itself as one of the leading countries in the region in the provision of this biological material and strengthening control of the Mediterranean fly in the southern region of the American Continent. The sterile flies are produced at the Santa Rosa Bioplant of the Mendoza Institute of Agricultural Health and Quality (Iscamen), modernized with the financial support of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation, and the National Service of Agri-Food Health and Quality ( Senasa). Argentina will provide Bolivia with sterile Mediterranean flies to control the plague in the department of Cochabamba, located in the central zone of the country, with the presence of peach, papaya, custard apple, apple and citrus productions. Our country won the tender made by the Bolivian National Service for Agricultural Health ...

Source: Argentina.gob.ar