date:Sep 11, 2017
ons and protect the fruit.
Traps in fig and fruit trees
As in previous campaigns, this year, during the months of July and August, the Council has placed close to 19,000 traps for Ceratitis capitata in about 15,000 fig and fruit trees spread over about 170,000 hectares in the Region. During the summer months, the pest is able to reproduce in the isolated fig trees that exist between citrus plantations and use them as a reservoir for later attacks on citrus.
This year, traps have been distribut