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Residents in the Central Coast of California may notice a misty layer covering sidewalks, roofs, trees and windows on September 5. That mist, which is odorless and colorless is a pheremone called the Checkmate OLR-F. The pheremone will be sprayed aerially by a team of three airplanes for up to three nights over northern, coastal Monterey county in efforts to sexually stunt the apple moths that have invaded threatened the agriculture and ornamental industries of the Central Coast of California.
The pheremone will not kill the pests outright, but is intended to confuse the males from finding a mate during their mating cycle at the end of their life. The spraying will cover about 60 square miles, including the communities of marina, Seaside, Sand City, Del Rey Oaks, Monterey and Pacific Grove. A second application will follow in October.
Jay Van Rein, a spokesman for CDFA, said the pheremone has been highly effective in controlling light brown apple moth populations in their native Australia and New Zealand. This will be the first such aerial application in California.
In 10 years of applications in the United States, no reports of health problems in humans or animals have been reported, he said, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation have approved the pheremone?EUR??,,????'?????<
Source: TheCalifornian.com.
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