September 8, 2023

From September 4 to 7, members of the SPF Health Commission visited the Chilean Plant Protection Consortium (CPF). The delegation also included the head of the local biocontrol production service, with which an agreement was signed earlier this year.

The visit proved very fruitful, with particular emphasis on the hospitality of all CPF staff, from management to field and laboratory personnel, where the techniques used for rearing parasitoids of interest, such as Anaphes nitens, were demonstrated. A detailed overview was also provided of CPF’s role within the business community and its implications for Chilean forest health management.