Agriculture officials are scrambling to deal with a dangerous pest after a large number of Oriental Fruit Flies were found in Brentwood.
Now, 99 square miles in Contra Costa County and 112 square miles in Santa Clara County have been quarantined from transport of fruit out of the area. And the public has a role to play as well.
Now, the State has imposed a quarantine area of more than 200 square miles in Contra Costa and Santa Clara Counties. The problem for Brentwood is that the infected area is less than two miles from the farm fields that make the region so popular during U-pick harvest season.Robert Kenoyer lives just a stone's throw from some of the orchards.
Now, the state will begin applying a poison-laced pheromone called"Spinosad" to attract and kill male flies. It's fairly effective, but the ban can only be lifted after the insect has completed three life cycles, which could be 10 months or longer. Dr. Kimsey said the Oriental Fruit Fly deposits eggs inside just about any kind of fruit, making it easy for it to be transported undetected. That's why the discovery could have international ramifications.
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