Tan Ky: About 1000 hectares of sugarcane infected with white cotton aphids

(Baonghean.vn) - Tan Ky currently has a sugarcane area of ​​over 7,800 hectares, located in most communes. Currently, in addition to the beetle disease, about 1,000 hectares of sugarcane are infected with level 1 white cotton fiber aphids.

White cotton aphids on sugarcane in Nghia Dong - Tan Ky

Tan Ky farmers peel sugarcane leaves to kill white cotton aphids

Currently, agricultural officers of sugar factories are instructing farmers to peel leaves, spray promptly in areas infected with planthoppers, and cut sugarcane leaves with aphid nests to eradicate them. For heavily infected fields, it is necessary to spray the entire field to kill the aphids. The recent cloudy and rainy weather is favorable for the development of white cotton aphids. Some specific drugs to treat white cotton aphids on the market today are Victory, Bassa, Gordra, and Sutin.

It is known that the new pressing season of 2015-2016 is just over a month away, however this year's sugarcane growth is slow due to extreme weather.

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