#biosafety — Public Fediverse posts
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EPPO Study on the risk of
bark and ambrosia beetles
associated with imported
non-coniferous wood
2020-02-05"Recently new non-indigenous species of bark and ambrosia beetles have been introduced into Europe, which were not listed specifically as quarantine pests. It was also noted that ambrosia beetles are regularly intercepted in wood packaging material"
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Working on almond at UC Davis kept me so busy that I fell behind in my non-sponsored Ceratonia siliqua research. So I'm only now finding out that ambrosia beetle has emerged as an introduced pest in Italy and Spain.
This is a horrible shame because at least in many areas it grows, carob has faced remarkably low pest pressure compared to better-known crops.
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/10/3/82
https://www.foravila.net/foravilaverd/enguany-es-perdra-el-50-de-la-produccio-de-garrova/