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ALPHA SCENTS WAS RECENTLY GRANTED A CERTIFICATE FOR ISO/IEC GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE!
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We are proud to announce that Alpha Scents is now ISO 17025/GLP Certified. We are sure that with this certification we can provide better services and higher quality of our product.   Alpha Scents is proud to be able to offer...
CBB ASSASSIN
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HAD A POOR CUP OF COFFEE? BLAME THE BEETLES!   Did you know that the Coffee Berry Borer is the only animal that lives exclusively off coffee?Coffee fields and beans can benefit from our Breeding stations which capture the Square-neck...
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB)
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Summer Months Bring Fruit and Crop Stink Bugs Brown marmorated stink bug feeds on a wide variety of host plants, including a variety of fruits (e.g., apples, stone fruits including peaches and apricots, figs, mulberries, citrus fruits, and persimmons), crops...
Alpha Scents was recently granted a patent on its improved ACP lure!
Categories: Featured Insects · Posted:
Dr. Darek Czokajlo, President and CEO of AlphaScents, Inc. recently received a patent for the improved trap and lure system for the Asian Citrus Psyllid. Working in conjunction with Dr. Mamoudou Setamou and Dr. Robert Saldana, they developed a more effective system to lure and trap target insects. The patented semiochemicals in the lure, combined with the no mess sticky...
Prionus is a no no!
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The Prionus beetle has been a major pest of hops and pecans in the United States. You can find them primarily in Idaho, and parts of Oregon and Washington, where hops are concerned, and Georgia when it comes to pecans. The Prionus is a really difficult pest to control and get rid of. Unfortunately they can live, survive and nest...
Walnut Husk Fly - Why Its Relevant Right Now
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The Damage - A Serious Pest of both Walnuts and Peaches: An invasive species that originated east of the Rockies Known to damage more than 2,000 species of plants and trees Now found in California and the Pacific Northwest Primarily a pest of walnuts, but also attacks peaches Rhagoletis completa, or Walnut Husk Fly, interestingly “stain” the shell of walnuts...
Ambrosia Beetle Poses Serious Threat to U.S. and Mexico Avocado Industry
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Quick Facts: An invasive species originating in Asia Vector of Laurel Wilt (LW) disease caused by the fungus Raffaelea lauricola Damaging to avocado and redbay trees Disease kills an estimated 90-95 percent of infected trees Disrupts the tree’s water transport system First detected in the U.S. in Charleston, SC, in 1974 Attacks over 200 species of trees and bushes Ambrosia...
Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me!
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Back in my school days, I recall studying fruit flies as part of my science class. Fruit flies have often been used to teach students about genetics. This was easily done by observing different identifying markers on each fly. However, despite being a great teaching tool, these flies prove to be a real annoyance in our daily lives, at home...
Ouch! It stung me!
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Piccolo Namek "Anger is as a stone cast into a wasps nest" - Pope Paul VI Since we are on the subject of wasps, let's dive in a little deeper. Did you know that there are actually 30,000 species of wasps! The most prevalent ones are of course the ones with bright colors and that we associate with stinging us...
NOW is Our Insect of Discontent...
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My apologies to William Shakespeare... On a more serious note, the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) is a high-risk pest and is a huge problem for almond and pistachio growers. The NOW bores its way into the nut, feeding on the nut-meal and eventually destroying it. At first, the damage is minimal, only a visible pin-head shaped hole is bored, then...