Autumn military insect 0719 "the first case of autumn military insect appeared in a non-corn field. The field, campus and grass are all its vegetables. Please let us know if you find it."

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The autumn army insect, which came from the southwest airstream, was informed by the Tainan municipal government yesterday (18) that it was found at the Asia-Pacific International Baseball training Center in Annan District of Tainan City on the 17th. This is the first confirmed case of corn field in Taiwan. Zou Huijuan, deputy director of the Prevention and Inspection Bureau, said that Bermuda grass belongs to the Gramineae family, and other corn, rice, sorghum, and so on, are all eaten by autumn army insects. Once suspected traces of autumn army insects are found in the fields and field turf, please report them to the prevention and inspection bureau or the local government to take pesticide management measures. Please do not spray by yourself.

Little knowledge: autumn army insects are particularly fond of Gramineae, in addition to corn, common turf such as Bermuda grass, Taipei grass, false thrift grass, etc., also belong to the Gramineae, may appear autumn army insects.

The distal part of the abdomen of the worm has a distinct rectangular black tumor on the back of segments 7-9 (courtesy of Zhang Chun-chun of Tainan Agricultural improvement Farm)

The first case of insect found outside the field of corn in Taiwan

Zou Huijuan explained that this case is the first confirmed case outside the field. according to foreign literature, the Bermuda grass in the case belongs to Gramineae, and Gramineae plants are the main food objects of autumn military pests, and field crops include corn, rice, sorghum, etc., as well as non-crop grasses have the opportunity, this occurred in the lawn of the baseball training center, the overall area of the hazard density is very low.

In addition, the baseball training center is supervised by the Tainan Municipal Government and the Ministry of Education, and the farmland is inspected and returned every two weeks, while the non-agricultural land is inspected indefinitely by the administrative organs under its jurisdiction, and after the discovery and notification, it is guided by the current survey and prevention and control technology of the agricultural reform field in the area. this is a non-agricultural land case. in the follow-up, the Tainan municipal government will step up inspection and decide whether it is necessary to continue prevention and control according to the epidemic situation.

Gramineous grass is common in campus courtyard turf. Please let us know if you find any pests. Do not use your own medicine.

Zou Huijuan said that at present, there is only one case of epidemic in non-field areas, and the Prevention and Inspection Bureau will continue to accelerate the development of integrated control technologies, including biological control tests such as natural enemies, current efficacy evaluation of control agents, and other tillage control. The response team will continue to take stock of the current prevention and control situation and include the third stage of farmers' independent management measures for reference in the future.

In addition to Bermuda grass, traces of autumn army insects may appear in Taipei and other metropolises, especially common turf plants, such as Taipei grass, fake thrift grass, etc., all belong to Gramineae. When suspected traces of autumn army insects are found in parks or communities, household gardens and courtyards, if the scope is not considered to be manually removed, if the scope is too large, it can be directly reported to local agricultural bureaus for treatment. Because it has not yet entered the third stage, the prevention and control methods other than pesticides have not been announced yet, so please do not use the control agents on your own for the part of non-agricultural land.

The boundary of the area and residential gardens are easy to become a dead corner for epidemic prevention.

Yen Sheng-hsien, an associate professor in the Department of Bioscience at Sun Yat-sen University, once mentioned that the boundaries between many districts are blurred, resulting in unclear powers and responsibilities and unmanned management. in addition, residential courtyards, school gardens and vegetable gardens in urban areas are often lack of care or lack of independent management, making it difficult to access prevention and control information, which has become a potential loophole in epidemic prevention.

Zou Huijuan explained that in view of the loopholes in epidemic prevention, an inter-ministerial meeting has been discussed, and if members of the public find any suspected signs of autumn military insects, they can directly inform the Prevention and Inspection Bureau or call the citizen's special line, and the inter-ministerial meetings have also divided the work. All the areas under their jurisdiction have their corresponding units to return. In this case, it is the result of the inter-ministry division of labor in the prevention and control of autumn military insects.

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