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The heat in Italy awakens the Asian bug

Fruits
Italy
Published May 24, 2022

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In Emilia-Romagna the first damage to fruit. Farmers ask to speed up samurai wasp launches The anticipated heatwave has favored the awakening of the Asian bug and the first damage is seen on the fruits, especially on cherries and peaches. The fruit sector of Emilia-Romagna raises the alarm and complains of delays in the launch of the samurai wasp.

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In Emilia-Romagna the first damage to fruit. Farmers are demanding to speed up samurai wasp launches The anticipated heat wave has favored the awakening of the Asian bedbug and the first damage is seen on the fruits, especially on cherries and peaches. The fruit sector of Emilia-Romagna raises the alarm and complains of delays in the launch of samurai wasp. "We are monitoring the phenomenon with technical inspections throughout the region - explains Marco Piccinini, president of the fruit growers of Confagricoltura Emilia Romagna -. The activity of preventing and combating the proliferation of the Asian bedbug carried out starting from 2020 through the releases of the natural antagonist Trissolcus japonicus, improperly known as the samurai wasp, must be rethought ". The president of the fruit growers of Confagricoltura Emilia-Romagna invites us to review the regional plan: "We are far from the good result obtained with the biological fight against the chestnut cinipidae thanks to ...
Source: Terraevita
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