Researchers say moth-eating bats may be the key to dramatically reducing the use of pesticides in wineries, potentially saving the industry $50 million a year.
abc.net.au/news/wineries-use-moth-eating-bats-pest-control-research/102088896Researchers say moth-eating bats could be the key to dramatically reducing the use of pesticides in wineries, potentially saving the industry $50 million a year nationally.If successful, the Australian wine industry could save $50 million in pesticide costs each year
Lead researcher Zenon Czenze said the first step of the project was to figure out which participating vineyards already had bats onsite and what they were eating. "We know that indeed they are foraging on the edges of vineyards and even in the middle of the crops." "If we can understand what type of microclimates the animals prefer then the next step for the vineyard project is to install a bunch of artificial tree hollows in the native bush that is around the vineyards and enhance that habitat to hopefully increase the number of bats," he said.
"With the bats, it's good to know what bugs we've got around and we can learn more from [researchers].""It would be a good thing if possible" he said.Dr Czenze would like to see the project grow beyond the Northern Tablelands and expand across the entire country after receiving interest from six more wineries.
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