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, and milk ripening, while winter-spring rice is in the stage of sowing, transplanting, and heading. However, many pests and diseases have emerged and caused damage, notably the brown spot disease.

The province currently has nearly 9,000 hectares of rice infected with the disease, including 7,913.3 hectares of summer-autumn rice and 899.6 hectares of winter-spring rice. The disease rate is 3-5%, with some areas reaching 30-40%. 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 time.

Phu Huong