The southern plain meets brown pests

According to the Steering Committee for BPH control under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), as of October 13, the total area infected with brown plant hopper in the Mekong Delta and Southeast is 32,282 in the week. 3 ha.

The implementation of BPH prevention has been very slow (Photo: BBC)

The report of the Steering Committee for BPH control stated that the implementation of BPH prevention is very slow.

According to Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture, farmers are recommended to spray pesticides, but many farmers do not apply the right method so spraying is not effective.

- "This not only eliminates hoppers but also makes the hoppers stronger or resistant to drugs."

Meanwhile, farmers who lack capital must buy and depend on agents to introduce pesticides in this case, so they are not always ready to spray pests.

The total area of ​​infected rice in the field is 64,629.1 hectares, an increase of 4,796.26 hectares compared to the previous week, mainly due to the worse situation in the provinces of Ben Tre, Long An, Tra Vinh, and Tien. Giang, Vinh Long.

The ability to spread is huge

The brown plant hopper steering committee in the Mekong Delta provinces told the press that the results of virus checking in the brown planthopper were randomized in Tien Giang in early October with a rate of 66.7%, which is not yet showing signs. translation decline.

" This situation is really a serious threat to the winter-spring rice crop in the Mekong Delta which is expected to be concentrated since November, which is the main rice crop of the country. "

Responding to the Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper, Tuong said that the steering committee to control brown backed rice plant hoppers, Mr. Nguyen Huu Huan, has suggested to the Ministry to consider and announce the epidemic on season rice in the southern provinces and cities.

Authorities proposed issuing directives to organize months to simultaneously kill the source of disease and clean the field.

They also said that the provinces must be accountable to the Prime Minister for quarantine.

'In order to destroy the pathogen, it is necessary to mobilize the total force of the people to remove the diseased rice. The Steering Committee is expected to advise the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to propose mobilization of soldiers, high school students, colleges, universities in localities and farmers to stamp out the epidemic , "Mr. Huan said.

In the past year, BPH outbreaks have been reported in many important rice-growing countries in Asia such as Japan, Korea, China, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Thailand only cultivates one crop per year, so there are no brown plant hoppers, Indonesia, the area is not concentrated.

The rice production in 2006 of the Mekong Delta provinces reached about 18.75 million tons, down nearly 660 thousand tons compared to 2005.

Due to a decrease in the production of triple rice in the Mekong Delta, the yield of winter-spring paddy in 2006-2007 will largely depend on the development of brown backed rice plant hopper and brown plant hopper disease.