- Author: Richard Smith
- Author: Shimat Villanassery Joseph
Published on: October 7, 2013
Bagrada bug, Bagrada hillaris is a new invasive insect that arrived in the Salinas Valley in the summer of 2013. It is a potential pest of cole crops which is of particular concern in Monterey County which has 97,830 acres of cole crops and other crops in the mustard family including bok choy, Napa cabbage, rappini, and component s of spring mix such as, mizuna and arugula. Paving the way for the movement of this insect into the valley are weeds in the mustard family.
Bagrada bug was first observed in fields of spring mix and broccoli in the south end of the valley between King City and San Ardo. Upon inspection of the weeds in the areas surrounding these fields, bagrada bug was observed on shortpod mustard...
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