More than 1,000 hectares of sugarcane in Quy Hop are infected with white cotton aphids.

(Baonghean.vn)- This year, Quy Hop district has a sugarcane area of ​​5,148 hectares; through inspection, more than 1,000 hectares are infected with white cotton aphids, of which 210 hectares are severely infected.

Sugarcane areas heavily infected with white cotton aphids are mainly in the communes of Ha Son, Van Loi, Chau Dinh, Chau Ly, Tam Hop, and Nghia Xuan.

This is a very dangerous disease. If not eradicated promptly, it will spread very quickly and affect the growth, productivity and yield of sugarcane.

Staff of the Plant Protection Station of Quy Hop district check and guide people on how to prevent white cotton fiber aphids on sugarcane. Photo: Thanh Hop

Currently, the agricultural sector of Quy Hop district has directed localities to take many preventive measures to prevent the disease from spreading and developing widely.

For lightly infected areas, communes instruct people to prevent and control the disease manually, such as cleaning the fields, peeling leaves and burning them to effectively eradicate white cotton aphids. For heavily infected areas, plant protection stations recommend people to use aphids and aphids such as Fortaras 25WG, Anboom40EC, Goldra 250WG, etc.

Farmers spray pesticides to prevent white cotton aphids on sugarcane. Photo: Thanh Hop

Currently, the Sugar Factory has lent white cotton aphid control medicine to communes infected with aphids.

Mr. Le Duy Hung, a plant protection officer of Chau Dinh commune, added that up to this point, the area infected with planthoppers has been relatively stable. The commune continues to direct and guide people to regularly check and if planthoppers are detected, they will continue to spray to eradicate them.

White cotton aphids on sugarcane. Photo: Internet

Thanh Hop