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Turkey expands biological pest control

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2026-08-08 10:22 UTC → 2026-08-12 10:35 UTC · added removed

Throughout July 2026 2026, Turkish authorities broadened integrated pest‑management pest-management actions across the west and south. After releasing 10,000 beneficial insects – including Cryptolaemus montrouzieri and Leptomastix dactylopii – into Pamukkale’s pomegranate orchards on 4 July, field teams inspected tomato, cotton cotton, and sunflower crops in Aydın’s Köşk district, checking pest‑monitoring traps under the TAKE project. district. The Ege Tobacco Exporters' Association extended its pesticide‑packaging pesticide-packaging recycling network, adding collection points in Acıpayam, Beyağaç, Kale, Tavas, Karacasu and Salihli and offering a liquid‑fertiliser reward for returned containers. In Kozan (Adana) while the Biyotop Project in Kozan released parasitic insects against citrus whitefly, while Minister İbrahim Yumaklı visited a young‑entrepreneur insect‑production facility in Fethiye, stressing domestic manufacturing and export potential. whitefly. Local campaigns continued: continued in Koçarlı district urged farmers to return pesticide waste instead of discarding it into the Büyük Menderes River, rewarding ten returned packages with one unit of liquid fertilizer. Hatay’s Erzin district distributed natural orange‑oil products to citrus growers and briefed dealers on the B‑Prescription system. Inspections in Didim confirmed no economically damaging cotton pests, reinforcing regular monitoring. On 16 July Ankara’s municipality Hatay, and Ankara launched a free “Smart Insect” pilot, delivering kits that protect tomatoes from the leafminer for about ten days, aiming pilot on 16 July to cut pesticide use and lower production costs. protect tomatoes. By early August August, the programme reached olive and fruit orchards in Manisa, where technicians tracked olive‑fly olive-fly and Mediterranean fruit‑fly populations and mass‑released fruit-fly populations. Mass-releases of Tamarixia radiata, Hyperaspis trifurcata trifurcata, and Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, achieving 85‑90 % montrouzieri achieved 85–90% suppression of target pests and confirming pests, while PCR testing confirmed the absence of citrus greening disease through PCR testing. disease. In early August, the Manisa Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry maintained regular inspections in the Akhisar and Gördes districts, using phenological observations and weekly trap catches to monitor pest density. Simultaneously, the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality expanded biological control efforts by distributing predator and parasitoid species to farmers across 800 decares of coastal land. This initiative, managed by the Department of Agricultural Services, targets pomegranate and citrus production to combat pests like mealybugs and whiteflies while reducing chemical pesticide reliance to protect soil, water, and export market standards.

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  1. 2026-08-12 10:35 UTC Turkey expands biological pest control
  2. 2026-08-08 10:22 UTC Turkey expands biological pest control

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