Detecting 16 harmful insects in coffee plants

The Department of Plant Protection in Dak Lak province said that the unit has detected 16 pests on coffee trees, concentrated in 12 families of 6 insect sets.

In which, there are regular pests appearing in all stages of growth and development of coffee plants such as rotten cracks, rust, green scales, aphids, brown aphids, aphids, and aphids damage roots, stem borer, branch borer, coffee chisel, nematode .

Currently, in Dak Lak province, due to unusually rainy and sunny weather, many pests and diseases on coffee trees appear. According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: pests and diseases on coffee plants are up to 20-27% of the total coffee area, of which mainly mealybugs, mealybugs, rust, and rot coffee bean.

Most of the key coffee areas of the province such as Cu M'Gar, Krong Nang, Ea H'Leo, Krong Pak have appeared mealybugs, branch borers and fruit chisels.

Functional branches in Dak Lak province have recommended that enterprises, farmers in coffee production and trading focus on cleaning the fields, cutting, collecting and burning stems that are severely damaged before being treated. Plant protection drugs.

On the basis of studies on biological characteristics, rules of development and development of pests and diseases, functional departments have also recommended businesses and households to produce and trade in coffee that need to be classified. to have a rational chemical spraying process for each harmful object, and take care measures to increase pest resistance, create conditions for coffee plants to develop stable yield.

Currently, Dak Lak province has over 191,000 hectares of coffee, with an annual output of 400,000 tons of coffee beans or more, of which the most concentrated in the districts of Cu M'Gar, Krong Buk, Krong Pak, Krong Nang , Ea H'Leo.