California Agriculture Fights Back Against the Nipomo Apple Moth

Residents in the Nipomo Mesa area are being contacted with some rather interesting and annoying news. Recently, the California Department of Food and Agriculture has announced that is planning a stealthy, safe approach to eliminating a new threat to the Nipomo area.

What’s known as The Light Brown Apple Moth was found in two places earlier this month, once near the Blacklake Golf Courses, and also again around Cypress Ridge. Below, a picture of this invasive species shows how the specie feeds on different plant species, 123 plants to be exact.

Most agricultural followers may remember the discover of the apple moth arising in California in 2007. This time, the California Department of Food and Agriculture plan to place twist ties that secrete a female moth pheromone that will disorient the apple moth and not allow it to find mates, thus eliminating the breeding rate, according to one Rich Little, Deputy County Agriculture Commissioner.

These Apple Moths are originally from Australia, and while can be a problem is uncontrolled, Little believes that establishing a plan of action will greatly reduce the danger that this little moth could impose on an already suffering agriculture in California. Nipomo Mesa residents should not worry about the pheromone release as will not affect humans, except for specific individuals with certain allergy conditions says Little.

For more information you may go to www.cdfa.ca.gov//lbam.

Study Finds Sugar Beet Varieties React Equally to Nitrogen Applications

"A study conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their cooperators has dispelled a belief among some sugar beet growers that different sugar beet varieties require different nitrogen fertilization applications.

In integrated farming systems, sugar beet growers harvest the root for cash income and use the tops and root-processing byproducts for livestock feed. This dual benefit works well, but the amount of nitrogen fertilizer required to produce more tops decreases the amount of sugar in the root."

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Source:USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

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