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Last night, the House of Culture "Francisco Rabal" Eagles hosted a technical seminar on the programs of action for the control of vector-borne viruses, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Fishing aquiline Consistory.

Was directed to farmers and technicians involved in the production of tomato, watermelon and cantaloupe, and was presented by the mayor of Eagle, Bartolomé Hernández Giménez, and the CEO of Agribusiness and Agricultural Training, Ángel García Lidón, counting also attended by the mayors of Agriculture and New Technologies, Juan Francisco Navarro and José Asensio.

The event included two conferences;

one on the contribution of the signature programs Koppert biological control of pests of tomato, melon and watermelon, by Antonio Giménez, technical director of that company;

and another in relation to the actions of the New Delhi virus in cucurbits and its involvement in viral diseases of tomato, delivered by Antonio Monserrat, technical manager of the Department of Biotechnology and Crop Protection Research Institute Murciano and Agricultural Development and Food ( IMIDA).

The event ended with a round table, entitled "The collaboration between sectors to act in solidarity in the management of viral diseases transmitted by insect vectors", presented and moderated by Francisco González, head of the Plant Protection Service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water, in which representatives of different groups involved in the sector.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas