Town in Spain’s Malaga purchases over €5,000 worth of predatory insect to protect its chestnut production
A TOWN in the province of Malaga has purchased over €5,000 worth of a predatory insect, in order to protect its chestnut productions.
Emergency chestnut meeting called in Huelva
Canker disease as well as the threat of gall wasp infestation has left chestnut trees in the province in Malaga ‘at risk’
Serrania de Ronda’s Genal Valley chestnuts infected by killer gall wasp plague
The chestnut gall wasp has, as feared, infected may of the crops across Ronda's Genal Valley region and could ruin its €10 million chestnut industry
How a plague of killer wasps could ruin the Genal Valley
Spring could arrive with a sting in the tale for chestnut farmers near Ronda. Only then will they know if their €10 million industry is safe from the dreaded gall wasp