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de plantas reservorios que se
adelante el establecimiento de
los enemigos naturales, de modo
que, haya un control más
eficaz de las plagas”, explica
José Antonio Santorromán, gerente
de Agrobío.
Las expectativas para esta
campaña de la firma almeriense
pasan por la apuesta en firme
del Trichogramma achaeae, que
lanzó al mercado el pasado ejercicio
para el control integrado,
que intenta cubrir los vacíos
que aún persisten para combatir
las plagas en
cultivos como
el tomate, sobre
todo, Tuta
absoluta. Los
resultados han
sido altamente
satisfactorios
para los productores.
Jose Antonio
Santorromán,
manager Agrobio.
Agrobío controls
5,000 hectares of IPM
in Almería
Agrobío is working in a
surface of 5,000 hectares in
the province of Almería,
where pepper means 80 per
cent of this surface, which is
followed by cucumber, tomato,
aubergine and water-
melon and melon. For this
campaign, the figures show
the consolidation of pepper
and aubergine, as well as an
important increase of cucumber.
Through Agrocontrol it
commercializes
Amblyseius swirskii,
Orius laevigatus,
Nesidiocoris tenuis,
Nabis pseudoferus
ibericus, Trichogramma
acha-eae and
reserve plants,
among other products
for the IPM.
At the moment,
the company is focusing
its researches
in the optimization
of the use of predator insects.
“We are studying through
reserve plants to be early the
establishment of the natural
enemies, so that, there is a
more effective control the
plagues”, Jose Antonio Santorromán,
manager of Agrobío,
explains.
This campaign the company
of Almería expects to
bet on the Trichogramma
achaeae that was launched
to market last campaign for
the IPM, which tries to cover
the emptiness to fight
against the plagues in crops
like tomato, mainly, Tuta
absoluta. The results have
been quite satisfactory for
the producers.
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