Bhubaneswar: Farmers from various districts, including Coraput, Nabiada and Bargarh, have declared serious concern for pest attacks in rice standing.
The farmers say that the Hopper of Chocolate Plants (BPH) and other pests has attacked plants, which will be harvested in a few weeks.
With rice plants at the flowering stage, bacterial infections and fungi, along with pest attacks, have left farmers in trouble.
Damage, the farmers said, will affect plant growth and expected results.
BPH attacks have been found in Borigumma rice fields, Pujarutput, Dhanpur, Dasmanpur and Chandili in Coraput Regency.
A similar problem was reported from Nuabada and Bargarh District.
Many grams of Panchayats in the District Nubeada have reported pest attacks in Padi.
Some parts of Bargarh district reported the same crisis.
The farmers said they could not treat pest plants due to lack of funds.
Farmers, who use pesticides, say it doesn’t produce good results.
When farmers have no knowledge of pesticides, they buy what store officers are prescribed.
Although the state government has suggested farmers to use new varieties of pesticides to kill BPH, they still use the old ones.
Experts say BPH grows in the rice field because it is less rainfall and high humidity.
They said pests had developed pesticide resistance.
Surendranath Pashupalak, former Chancellor of Chancellor of the University of Agriculture and Odisha Technology (OUAT), said: “Insect attacks when plants begin to produce fruit.
It grows at the base of the plant.
This happens in October when the temperature.
About 32 degrees Celsius and the moisture is around 75 percent Of course.
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