Liuquan Town: Strengthen the prevention and control of beetle moths to ensure the safe production of apples

The apple beetle moth is an invasive phytosanitary pest and a major pest that seriously harms apple production. At present, in the critical period of the spread of apple beetle moth, in order to solidly carry out the prevention and control of the epidemic of apple beetle moth and effectively prevent the occurrence of the epidemic, in recent days, Liuquan Town has comprehensively carried out the chemical prevention and control of apple beetle moth.

The first is to implement the responsibility for prevention and control. The party committee and government of Liuquan Town attach great importance to the prevention and control of apple beetle moths, strengthen organizational leadership, do a good job of overall coordination, and implement prevention and control measures. The staff of the town agricultural and rural center went to various villages to distribute pesticides for the prevention and control of the epidemic of apple beetle moths, and as of now, a total of more than 200 bottles of drugs have been distributed. Construct a linkage between the town and village levels, so that there is a responsibility for guarding the soil and effective prevention and control.

The second is to strengthen monitoring and early warning. Organize the staff of each village to go deep into the orchard to check the pest situation, do a good job in the investigation of the epidemic situation, and ensure that no garden is missed or neglected. Widely mobilize the masses, guide fruit farmers to timely discover and report suspected epidemic situations, strictly implement the epidemic situation reporting and release system, and report the epidemic situation in a timely manner, so as to achieve early detection, early reporting, and early disposal.

The third is to increase publicity and guidance. Use WeChat, radio publicity and other methods to publicize the knowledge of apple beetle identification and prevention and control technology to the broad masses of the people, and improve the awareness of grass-roots cadres and the masses of insect pests.