Agricultural agencies report that brown planthoppers have attacked over 100,000 hectares of paddy in the Mekong Delta region, threatening the season’s rice crop.
In Bac Lieu Province, Nilaparvata lugens appeared before Tet earlier this month and devastated 21,000 hectares of rice crops.
Head of the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), Luong Ngoc Lan, said the density had reached 16,000 brown planthoppers per square meter in Hong Dan District during that outbreak.
He added that the plague might become intense by the end of this month.
Bac Lieu’s DARD supplied 5,000 tons of pesticide to farmers to exterminate the insects.
The department advised farmers to keep a close eye on the health of their crops to fight the brownhopper plague, adding that it would release another 5,000 tons of pesticides soon.
Director of Hau Giang Province’s DARD, Nguyen Van Dong, said the insects had infested 21,000 hectares of winter-spring paddy and continued to plague 5,000 hectares now.
There were signs they would again attack a large area, he said, adding his department had asked MARD for 5,000 tons of pesticide.
The province would provide farmers compensation of VND2 million (US$125) per hectare of damaged paddy, he said.
In Dong Thap the insects have affected more than 45,000 hectares of paddy, or 21.3 per cent of the province’s total area under rice.
Dong Thap’s Plant Protection Bureau said the brown planthoppers plagued paddies because farmers used pesticides with low insect-resistance capability such as VD20 and Jasmin.
The insects are not only attacking paddy fields but are also infesting some urban areas in the delta region like Can Tho City and Chau Doc Town.
They buzz around lights and television sets, causing inconvenience to people.
Brown planthoppers, among the major crop pests in Vietnam, damage rice crops by eating their leaves.
Vietnam, the world’s second largest rice exporter, shipped 4.5 million tons of rice abroad last year with the Mekong region accounting for more than 70 percent of it.
In Bac Lieu Province, Nilaparvata lugens appeared before Tet earlier this month and devastated 21,000 hectares of rice crops.
Head of the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), Luong Ngoc Lan, said the density had reached 16,000 brown planthoppers per square meter in Hong Dan District during that outbreak.
He added that the plague might become intense by the end of this month.
Bac Lieu’s DARD supplied 5,000 tons of pesticide to farmers to exterminate the insects.
The department advised farmers to keep a close eye on the health of their crops to fight the brownhopper plague, adding that it would release another 5,000 tons of pesticides soon.
Director of Hau Giang Province’s DARD, Nguyen Van Dong, said the insects had infested 21,000 hectares of winter-spring paddy and continued to plague 5,000 hectares now.
There were signs they would again attack a large area, he said, adding his department had asked MARD for 5,000 tons of pesticide.
The province would provide farmers compensation of VND2 million (US$125) per hectare of damaged paddy, he said.
In Dong Thap the insects have affected more than 45,000 hectares of paddy, or 21.3 per cent of the province’s total area under rice.
Dong Thap’s Plant Protection Bureau said the brown planthoppers plagued paddies because farmers used pesticides with low insect-resistance capability such as VD20 and Jasmin.
The insects are not only attacking paddy fields but are also infesting some urban areas in the delta region like Can Tho City and Chau Doc Town.
They buzz around lights and television sets, causing inconvenience to people.
Brown planthoppers, among the major crop pests in Vietnam, damage rice crops by eating their leaves.
Vietnam, the world’s second largest rice exporter, shipped 4.5 million tons of rice abroad last year with the Mekong region accounting for more than 70 percent of it.
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