Twelve shock campaigns will be carried out in the archipelago during 2025, with a total of 2.35 million euros earmarked for this purpose.
The main objective is to offer solutions to the phytosanitary problems of the most important crops in the Balearic Islands.
The Consell de Govern has today approved the purchase, delivery and distribution of phytosanitary products and traps to carry out twelve shock campaigns in the Balearic Islands in 2025 to deal with pests and diseases that compromise plant health. The actions, which will be allocated a total of 2,354,553.90 euros, refer to the purchase of insecticides to combat potential insect vectors that transmit the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium in almond, olive and vine crops; fungicide treatment to combat the fungi Polystigma fulvum and Monilia sp. in almond trees; three types of traps to combat the Ceratitis capitata pest in citrus and sweet fruit crops; nematicide insecticide treatment to control nematodes in potato crops; attract and kill traps to combat the pests Aonidiella aurantii and Planococcus citri, and to prevent the arrival of Delottococcus aberiae in citrus.
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Purchasing phytosanitary products to combat pests that threaten plant health has been approved
Sexual confusion diffusers for the control of Tuta absoluta in tomato crops under glass; chromotropic traps for the control of whiteflies Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum, leafminers, thrips and Tuta absoluta in horticultural crops under glass; traps for the control of Bactrocera oleae in olive crops; insecticides for the control of thrips affecting citrus crops; fungicides for the control of cercospora in olive crops; fungicides for the control of cercospora in olive crops; traps for the control of Bactrocera oleae pest in olive cultivation; insecticides for the control of thrips affecting citrus cultivation; fungicides for the control of cercosporiosis (Pseudocercospora ceratoniae) in carob cultivation; soil insecticides for the control of wireworm (Agriotes spp. ) in potato cultivation, and finally, sexual confusion diffusers for the control of Cryptoblabes gnidiella in wine grape cultivation.
In this sense, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Environment, through the Directorate General of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, is responsible for carrying out field and laboratory actions in plant health and providing services to the primary sector. Therefore, to combat various pests and diseases that compromise plant health in the archipelago, these campaigns will be implemented in 2025. The contract will run from the date of formalisation until 30 June 2025. The traps and products in all batches must be registered in the Register of Plant Protection Products of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and authorised for the crop to which they are applied and the agent being combated.
Eighteen phytosanitary products and different traps will be purchased and supplied to farms in the Balearic Islands so that they can carry out integrated pest management (IPM) on their crops. IPM is a strategic approach to controlling plant pests and diseases, and a range of methods are used in a combined and sustainable way. This approach offers a more balanced and environmentally responsible solution to controlling crop pests and diseases while encouraging the rational use of available resources.
This campaign of acquisition and delivery of phytosanitary products and traps in the agricultural sector is an action planned by the Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Natural Environment to offer solutions to the phytosanitary problems of the most important crops of the Balearic Islands, promoting a responsible use of phytosanitary products and traps, spreading the technical information of each of the solutions adopted for each pest and disease (moments of treatment, dosages, adequate conditions of security, etc.) and incorporating new control techniques, such as sexual confusion, mass trapping or attraction and death, to avoid the appearance of resistance, one of the most important problems of phytosanitary products. …) and incorporating new control techniques, such as sexual confusion, mass trapping or attraction and killing, to avoid the appearance of resistance, one of the most important problems of phytosanitary products.