date:Apr 04, 2014
y compliance. In feedback to the growers, DAFF reports being very pleased with the consistent efforts the citrus growers make to reduce the occurrences of false codling moth (FCM). The number of infested fruit has fallen consistently to less than 0.05 per tree in 2014 as compared to 0.48 in 2012 and 0.19 in 2013. Controlling FCM includes raising and sterilizing male moths, and releasing them for mating when no offspring are produced.
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