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

The increasingly erratic weather is a favorable condition for bacterial stripe disease to arise and cause damage to rice. In Nghia Hoi commune, the 2018 spring crop was planted on 286 hectares, and 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 pesticides according to the instructions of the station staff and the commune's agricultural extension department. 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 the detection of the infected area, people implemented disease control 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 from the District Plant Protection and Cultivation Station instructed him on how to spray pesticides promptly, so his family's rice area was not affected much. Currently, people continue to monitor to prevent pests and diseases in time.

Technical staff of the District Plant Protection and Cultivation Station instruct farmers on how to recognize symptoms of bacterial stripe disease and how to prevent it. Photo: Minh Thai

According to statistics from the Nghia Dan District Plant Protection and Cultivation Station, the 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 streak disease is 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 streak disease.

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

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