Super tens of millions of acres of grassland in yili, Xinjiang suffered insect and pest | | grassland rodent _ news

CNS, Wulumuqi, June 20 (reporter Wang Juan)-20th, reporters from Xinjiang's ILI Kazak autonomous prefecture civil affairs departments noted that since late March this year, the yili River Valley grassland pest, as at the end of June, the yili River Valley area of 11.0984 million acres of grassland pest endanger seriously 3.89 million acres.

Since June 18, yili State locust control held in Qapqal County of a grassland biological disaster response exercises. Professional technicians from State, County, Township, local farmers took part in the exercises. Activities show the manual emergency control and large mechanical emergency drill procedures. Subsequently, the regional locust control expert also to cities and counties, rural prairie technicians explained how the grasshopper species identification and hoppers-age identification, the locust density testing method of training site.

Home revealed that since late March the Ili River Valley area of 11.0984 million acres of grassland pest endanger seriously 3.89 million acres. Especially since late April, State cities and counties have been locusts, dominant species of locusts for Red Shin Ji Wen locust, Italy locusts, grasshoppers in Siberia. As of June 15, the grasshopper hazard area of 4.61 million mu seriously 1.305 million acres. Under the influence of dry and windy weather, West Valley forage dry part of the agro-pastoral transitional area in four counties, and Red Shin Ji Wen locusts Italy locust migration to forage, a direct threat to the growth of crops.

ILI State locust control Office Director Ran Huarong told reporter, held the walkthrough, purposes is further improve grass-roots professional technicians and the General farmers and herdsmen should burst sex Prairie bio disaster of fast reaction capacity and disaster mitigation consciousness, in burst sex disaster occurred Shi can quickly started emergency plans, decisive effective take measures, control disaster spread, thus reduce Prairie bio disaster caused of loss, ensure farmers and herdsmen mitigation increase and Prairie ecological security. (End)

(Original title: a large area of grassland pest in yili area of Xinjiang over millions of acres)

(Edit: SN022)11:27 on June 20, 2014 China News Network