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GREEK GROWERS GET TEMPORARY HELP TO COMBAT WIREWORM ON POTATO CROPS

a wireworm on soil

SUSTAINABLE BIOPESTICIDE APPROVAL FOR POTATO FIELDS

SUSTAINABLE biopesticide developer Eden Research has been given temporary approval for one of its products to be used on potatoes in Greece for the 2024 season.

The biopesticide, named Cedroz, will be distributed in Greece by US firm Eastman Chemical and applied to potatoes to control wireworms.

The wireworm-infected area of potatoes in Greece is around 5,000-6,000 hectares.

Photo: Blackthorn Arable

WIREWORM DISCOVERIES BY RESEARCH TEAM
Trade association appeals for wireworm collaboration
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