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Small... but with the power to save giants
To tackle the pest that has been affecting countless Portuguese chestnut trees in recent years, Milvoz took the initiative of acquiring from RefCast, the Portuguese Chestnut Association, a set of units of the parasitoid Torymus sinensis. This small insect uses the chestnut gall wasp (Dryocosmus kuriphilus) as its host, and is known to weaken its populations and thereby reduce the impact on one of the most iconic species of our flora. The release of the parasitoid took place in May
