Attack of thrips and leafhopper on corn at the beginning of the campaign in Caaguazú

Brítez pointed out in the Sunday agroclassic, where "Pest Management: Identification, Behavior, and Control Strategy" was analyzed, that this year, compared to previous years, the sowing started with a soil profile well charged with humidity, which helped for the optimal establishment of both soybean and maize crops, considering that there are areas of maize zafra. "We had the biggest problem with the maize, because we have maize zafra, we are in one of the main dairy basins of the country, a dairy area, the maize was sown at the end of August and beginning of September with strong attacks of thrips and leafhoppers at the beginning of the harvest," he expressed. He emphasized that the humid winter, mainly in August, allowed the corresponding applications to be made in the plots of the off-season crops for desiccation and thus enter the new campaign with clean plots. "With the pre-emergents well worked functioning very well, they are also points that are helping to have the plots ...