1. Home
  2. Update

India: Action plan chalked out to thwart pest attack on maize

Source(s): Times of India, the
Upload your content

With Fall Armyworm causing extensive damage to maize crops in various districts including Trichy, Karur and Perambalur, the agriculture department has evolved an action plan to prevent the pest attack this year. Maize is grown on about 3.5 lakh hectares in Tamil Nadu and Fall Armyworm had caused extensive damage to the crop last year.

[...]

[...] agriculture officials recommended summer ploughing to avert the pest attack. Deputy director of agriculture (state scheme) S Rajeshwaran said that the process would eradicate the pest and the germs under the earth would be removed when the field is being ploughed. 

"Summer ploughing improves soil structure due to anternate drying and cooling. Tillage improves soil aeration which helps in multiplication of micro-organisms.

[...]

Read the original story here

Editors' recommendations

Explore further

Hazards Insect infestation
Themes Disaster risk management Food security and agriculture
Country and region India
Share this

Please note: Content is displayed as last posted by a PreventionWeb community member or editor. The views expressed therein are not necessarily those of UNDRR, PreventionWeb, or its sponsors. See our terms of use

Is this page useful?

Yes No Report an issue on this page

Thank you. If you have 2 minutes, we would benefit from additional feedback (link opens in a new window).