This stem borer disease completely ruins the crops, know how to treat it

Stem Borer Disease: In rice crops, the prevalence of these two stem borer diseases has grown. When paddy ear development reaches two feet, the stem borer begins to cause havoc. Farmers are now more concerned as a result of this. To prevent infections from harming their crops, farmers mist their fields with medication. On 2 lakh 65 thousand hectares of land in the district, farmers cultivate paddy and other crops. These days, farmers mostly grow paddy as a Kharif crop. After enough rain fell in the first two weeks of Sawan, farmers finished planting and transplanting their crops. However, as soon as the paddy crop began to wave in the fields after heavy rain in Bhado, the stem borer outbreak on the crops grew.

Farmers’ concerns have grown as a result of these two stem borer infections on crops, and their faces are showing signs of concern. They are concerned about spoiling their produce. Here, farmers are treating their fields with granular medication to stave against stem borer illnesses in the forty-day-old rice crop. Stem borer has a major impact on paddy’s ability to produce. Diseases cause the crop’s greenness to fade, which has an impact on output.

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According to FR Kashyap, Deputy Director of Agriculture, farmers are being taught about crop disease diagnosis and preventative measures. According to him, the district’s stem borer disease epidemic is not very severe right now. Spraying medication won’t be necessary until five to six plants per square meter are impacted. Combofloran is a medication that should be applied at a rate of 5 to 7 kg per acre if the infection becomes worse. Additionally, he suggested that farmers contact their local agricultural department for additional information on this.