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Colorado Beetle in the Channel Islands
Author(s) -
THOMAS G.,
WOOD F.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.1980.tb01735.x
Subject(s) - peninsula , geography , channel (broadcasting) , pest analysis , agroforestry , environmental protection , biology , archaeology , botany , electrical engineering , engineering
An account of the Colorado beetle in the Channel Islands is given which records the successful results obtained there in preventing the establishment of this serious crop pest. This has been achieved by means of extensive efforts within the Islands and by sustained international cooperation with France, through the auspices of EPPO, to prevent sea‐borne invasions from the Cotentin peninsula which threaten the Islands annually. This campaign has been amply justified and, as a result, no sea‐borne invasions have occurred in the Islands from 1965 to 1975 and precautionary spraying of the potato crops there was discontinued in 1966.