ISCAMEN Expands the Use of the Chilled Adult Release System

摘要

In Argentina,actions against the Mediterranean fruit fly by using the sterile insect technique(SIT)are currently carried out in urban areas north and east of Mendoza.The need to advance to a more ecological and efficient system motivated The Instituto de Sanidad y Calidad Agropec-uaria Mendoza(ISCAMEN)to introduce the chilled adult release technique.The inauguration of the Centre for Packing and Distribution of Chilled Adults(CEDAF),in General Alvear,generated a strategic link between the Mediterranean fruit fly pest free and low prevalence areas of Mendoza and Argentina in general.