The whole province has nearly 9,000 hectares of rice infected with sheath blight disease.

(Baonghean.vn) - Currently in Nghe An, summer-autumn rice is in the stage of heading - flowering - milk ripening, while winter-spring rice is in the stage of sowing - transplanting - heading. However, many harmful pests and diseases have arisen, notably the brown spot disease.

The entire province now has nearly 9,000 hectares of rice infected, of which 7,913.3 hectares are summer-autumn rice and 899.6 hectares are winter-spring rice. The disease rate is 3-5% in general, and 30-40% in some places. To date, localities have carried out disease prevention and control on nearly 6,000 hectares.

It is forecasted that in the coming time, the disease will continue to increase in both severity and scope of damage, especially more severe damage on densely planted rice fields with high nitrogen fertilization. Localities need to pay attention, on rice fields with a rate of 10% or more, farmers need to be instructed to prevent and control the disease with one of the following drugs: Valydacin 3-5L, Cavil 50SC, Vida 5WP, Jinggangmeisu 5-10 WP,... For fields with severe disease, spray a second time 5-7 days after the first.

Phu Huong