500 hectares of rice in Nghia Dan are infected with bacterial stripe disease

The increasingly erratic weather conditions are favorable for bacterial stripe disease to arise and cause damage to rice. In Nghia Hoi commune, in the spring crop of 2018, the whole commune planted 286 hectares, up to this point the infected area accounts for over 60%.

The District Plant Protection and Cultivation Station has sent technical staff to inspect and guide people to apply a combination of technical measures: stop applying fertilizers, especially nitrogen fertilizers, leaf growth stimulants and use some chemicals to minimize damage caused by pests and diseases.

Rice fields infected with bacterial stripe disease. Photo: Minh Thai

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Tran in Dong Tien hamlet, Nghia Hoi commune said: "After the announcement of bacterial stripe disease, we sprayed chemicals according to the instructions of the station staff and the commune's agricultural extension board. Up to now, the entire area of ​​our family has been sprayed."

In Nghia Loc commune, out of 370 hectares, over 80 hectares were infected with bacterial stripe disease. Thanks to detecting the infected area, people implemented disease prevention early, so the later-flowering rice leaves were not infected. According to Mr. Nguyen Van Han in Trai hamlet, Nghia Loc, his family grows 3 sao of rice. Immediately after the rice was infected with bacterial stripe disease, technical staff of the district's Plant Protection and Cultivation Station instructed him on how to spray pesticides promptly, so his family's rice area was not much affected. Currently, people continue to monitor to prevent pests and diseases in time.

Technical staff of the District Plant Protection and Cultivation Station guide farmers to recognize the symptoms of bacterial stripe disease and prevention measures. Photo: Minh Thai

According to the statistics of the Nghia Dan District Plant Protection and Cultivation Station, the whole district currently has about 500 hectares of rice infected with the disease, on some hybrid rice varieties such as Thai Xuyen 111; Nhi Uu 838; Nghi Huong... bacterial stripe disease is appearing causing serious damage. The average disease rate is from 10 -15%, locally high from 25 - 30%. Therefore, the District Plant Protection and Cultivation Station has issued an official dispatch requesting the People's Committees of communes, towns, cooperatives and farmers to implement a number of measures to prevent bacterial stripe disease.

People in Nghia Hoi commune spray pesticides on rice fields infected with bacterial rice stripe disease. Photo: Minh Thai

Mr. Nguyen Viet Trung - Head of the Plant Protection Station of Nghia Dan district said that bacterial stripe disease has now appeared on a large scale, so she needs to use Kozuma to spray. Absolutely do not combine many types of drugs to spray at the same time...