Exosex USA Launches Product Against Moths
15 January 2007 Exosect, a leading provider of environmentally conscious insect pest control, continues to expand into the worldwide pest control market with the announcement that California, US-based Sci-Protek has been appointed to handle the distribution of Exosex CM and the second of the Exosex product range, Exosex OFM, in the US.
“Sci-Protek is a California-based research and technology company that specializes in soft pest control alternatives and integrated pest management,” explains Exosect’s Managing Director, Martin Brown. “Sci-Protek has trialled both Exosex CM for Codling moth and Exosex OFM for Oriental Fruit moth on conventional and organic sites over the last two years in major growing areas with key universities and growers. They are now in a position to formally launch the products for the 2007 growing season which they will manage via key regional and national distributors.”
The Exosex CM system is already helping growers reduce the number of sprays they use in orchards in the UK, South Africa, and New Zealand, according to the release. US growers will be the first to be able to use the second of the Exosex product range, Exosex OFM (Oriental Fruit Moth).
The Exosex product range is an environmentally-friendly method of pest control. It uses a synthetic female sexual pheromone to attract males into a dispenser where electrostatic Entostat powder, combined with the pheromone, is stored. The powder adheres to the males and a state of ‘auto-confusion’ results — their sensors are overwhelmed, they cannot detect females, they act as a false sexual lure for other males, and the mating cycle breaks down. Exosex CM and Exosex OFM require only 10 dispensers per acre.
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