Anh Son Plant Protection and Cultivation Station accompanies farmers

(Baonghean.vn) - Poor infrastructure, complex mountainous terrain, and a variety of crops and varieties make pest management difficult. However, the Anh Son District Plant Protection and Cultivation Station strives to fulfill its mission, protect crops, and improve crop and season productivity for farmers.

From the beginning of 2017 until now, the weather conditions have been relatively favorable, especially in the spring crop, the crops have grown well. However, this is also a favorable condition for pests to arise and cause damage. Based on the investigation and detection of diseases, the Station has advised the District People's Committee to issue an official dispatch to direct all levels, sectors and localities to organize and direct pest control.

Thanks to that, the prevention and control of 17.5/18 hectares of rice infected with brown planthoppers, 226/390 hectares of rice infected with moderate and severe brown planthoppers, compared to 2016, the infected area increased (176 hectares), spraying for 45/62 hectares of rice infected with rice blast. In addition, the station coordinated with farmers to significantly reduce the risk of damage to leaf rollers, stem borers, stink bugs, golden apple snails and other pests on corn, sugarcane, and forestry plants.

Leaders of the Anh Son district crop and plant protection station inspect the golden apple snail infestation that is destroying summer-autumn rice in Khai Son commune. Photo: Luong Mai.

The station coordinated with the agricultural extension station and seed suppliers to monitor and evaluate the trial production of HN6, Kim Cuong 111 and VT505 rice models, with a scale of 1 hectare/model, and seed sowing and local production models, with a yield of 55-56 quintals/ha, and VT505 rice alone reaching 70-72 quintals/ha. In particular, the district coordinated with Vinh Hoa Science and Technology Co., Ltd. to produce 50 hectares of large-scale AC5 rice fields in Duc Son commune, with a yield of 60-64 quintals/ha, and an income of 4-4.5 million VND/ha.

The science and technology transfer work has implemented an SRI technical class, an ICM class in Cam Son, and a field workshop on the SRI program in Vinh Son.The models aim to help farmers impart experience and techniques in planting, caring for and preventing pests and diseases on crops, and guide farmers on how to use plant protection drugs. On that basis, create conditions to deploy the models in the summer-autumn crop and replicate the models.

Golden apple snails cause damage with a density of 15 - 20 snails/m2mainly in Binh Son and Khai Son. Anh Son Plant Protection Station is coordinating with the authorities and People's Committees of communes to deploy manual and chemical measures to eradicate snail infestation on a large scale. Photo: Luong Mai.

In the 2017 summer-autumn rice crop, Anh Son planted nearly 1,600 hectares, in the rooting and green recovery stage, golden apple snails emerged and caused damage at high altitudes, 3 - 5 snails/m²local 15 - 20 individuals/m² with an infected area of ​​40 hectares, typically in Binh Son and Khai Son communes. In addition, over 50 hectares of raw sugarcane are in the stage of growing and developing well, but white fiber aphids appear early, causing damage and spreading quickly, with an average rate of 1 - 3%, in high places 10 - 15% locally 20 - 30% in Thanh Son, Hung Son, Dinh Son, Khai Son, etc.

The district's Plant Protection and Cultivation Station has issued an official dispatch to the district People's Committee and two urgent notices to the local People's Committees to strengthen measures to prevent and control pests and diseases. Accordingly, the Station recommends that people prevent and control pests by manual farming methods such as plowing the soil early, sprinkling lime powder, launching a campaign to destroy golden apple snails in the area, catching snails and collecting egg nests for destruction. Chemical measures can use drugs such as Padan 95SP, VT - DAX sprayed on fields with water 3 - 5 cm.

White cotton aphids on sugarcane have caused local damage to 20-35% of the sugarcane growing area in the communes of Thanh Son, Hung Son, Cam Son, and Khai Son. Photo: Luong Mai.

Anh Son Plant Protection Station visited and checked to support farmers in preventing white cotton lint disease in sugarcane growing areas. Photo: Luong Mai.

For white cotton aphids on sugarcane, communes coordinate with Song Lam sugarcane agricultural officers to investigate, monitor, and prune old leaves to create conditions for the fields to be airy. Detect, cut, and destroy aphid nests to limit the source of emergence and spread. Only spray on areas with a white cotton aphid infestation rate of 20-30% or more with one of the following pesticides: Victory 300EC, Goldra 250WG, Bassa 50EC, Anboom 40EC.

The categories of plant protection drugs that the Station advises and recommends for people to use are guaranteed in terms of origin, source and safety. Photo: Luong Mai.

With proactive and creative solutions and methods, Anh Son Plant Protection Station is making great efforts in protecting crops, bringing the summer-autumn crop to success. Focusing on doing a good job of investigation, promptly detecting developments, not missing pests and diseases on crops such as rice, corn, peanuts, tea, sugarcane, raw materials, further strengthening the state management of domestic plant quarantine, ensuring to maintain crop productivity in the summer-autumn crop of 2017.

Luong Mai