The campaign begins 2010/2011.

THE AREA TO BE CULTIVATED WILL BE 139 HECTARES.

Since last week some farmers from La Aldea have been planting crops in their greenhouses in a campaign that is marked by the presence of the Tuta. However,The application of integrated control in seedbeds can be decisive.

On this occasion they are 139 hectares requested to cultivate,which produces a slight increase in reference to the previous one, which was already marked by a decrease in 15 hectares in relation to the campaign 2008/2009.

The biggest concern in this harvest is the effect of La Tuta on the crops. COAGRISÁN technicians and farmers have decided to start the campaign “struggling” from day one and not grant any respite to this plague.

For this, one hundred percent integrated control is applied with the release system in seedbeds., advised and provided by KOPPERT Canarias. The technique consists of making a single release, five days before transplant, of the nesidiocoris in the seedbeds isolated from those that are not going to be transplanted on the indicated date.

In addition, In order to achieve their implantation, they are supplied with the necessary food.river until they can feed on the tuta that appears. In this case it is ephestia eggs, The flour moth.

With this new system, KOPPERT and COAGRISÁN seek to advance the installation of nesidiocoris in crops, when carrying the plants the vector insects included, and thus minimize the damage caused by thrips, red spider, white fly and tuta, among others.

These days many farmers proceed to wash greenhouse meshes which changes the view of many of the plantation sectors..

The farmers who have already planted the plantation have expressed to Agroaldea their optimism for what they believe could be a good harvest.. We have improved a lot as farmers, Today we know what we do and we want to be active as soon as possible, declared Adrián Sosa.