Operational Group: Monitoring of the pest caused by Dryocosmus kuriphyllus in Galician chestnut stands: biological control

The objective of this Operational Group is to apply GIS technologies to monitor the spread and spread of the wasp infestation.

Serving as a support system for decision-making regarding the areas to be treated most immediately, as well as for the introduction and development of the system that has proven effective in the rest of Europe to solve the specific problem posed by this new pest, both in the agricultural and forestry sectors: biological control through the mass production of potential natural enemies, without ruling out the production of other possible native parasites.

For this purpose, it is proposed to design a sampling network that covers the entire surface of chestnut groves and different plantations where chestnut trees are the first species, using a network of polygons and placing traps at the central point of each of these polygons;     Training forest rangers in pest recognition so that traps and symptoms on trees in each polygon can be checked and monitored weekly at minimal cost, and the data can be transmitted in real time via ARCGIS mobile applications.