(Baonghean.vn) - The cold rain that has lasted for many days has caused many newly planted rice areas in Yen Thanh district to die and wilt, not to mention the area of seedlings that have wilted and turned black due to cold weather symptoms. Most of the areas where seeds have not yet germinated, or have germinated, have also been wilted by the cold.
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| Mr. Nguyen Van Duong, Head of the Yen Thanh District Agriculture Department, said: This spring, Yen Thanh planted nearly 12,000 hectares of rice, and has sown nearly 40% of the area. Up to this point, the entire Yen Thanh district has 72 hectares of newly planted rice and 32 hectares of seedlings with wilted leaves. In the photo:Some rice fields in Loc Thanh hamlet, Nam Thanh withered due to the cold. |
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| A rice field in Nhan Thanh has just withered and turned black. |
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| People in Dong Hoa hamlet, Dong Thanh commune drain water into the fields to warm up and reduce the risk of freezing the rice. |
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| Rice root system is affected and slows down due to cold weather. |
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| In many sown areas in Dong Thanh commune, rice seeds cannot germinate. |
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| Or the germination also shriveled due to the cold.. |
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| People in Tang Thanh commune are covering rice seedlings with plastic to protect them from the cold. |
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| Many areas are not covered with plastic so the seedlings have yellow leaves. |
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| Currently, the weather is cold below 10 degrees Celsius, the district recommends that people do not plant; at the same time, direct the communes to bring water to the newly planted fields and rice seedlings to warm up, minimizing the rice dying from the cold. Check and count the area of withered and dead rice to have a timely rescue plan, wait for favorable weather to thin and soak the rice fields and have a plan to plant more seedlings to plant the dead areas. In the photo:Although the temperature is below 10 degrees Celsius, people still plant rice in Roc Trim field, hamlet 9, Xuan Thanh commune (photo taken at 10:00 on January 27, 2016) |
Van Truong
