Integrated pest management, Hong Vanh recommends revival

Xã Na Sầm is one of the largest concentrated areas for growing rose apple trees in Lạng Sơn province, with over 300 hectares, of which nearly 180 hectares are harvested. The rose apple is a key specialty, providing livelihoods for hundreds of households, but in recent years, pest and disease conditions have become increasingly complicated. Scale insects, branch borers, dieback disease, and scab continuously attack the rose apple trees, causing a sharp decline in yield, with many orchards losing 30-40% of their yield. Mr. Lăng Văn Toàn, a rose apple grower in Pò Pheo village, said: "Before implementing the pest control model for rose apple trees, my orchard was always affected by scale insects and dieback disease, rampant every year, with some years losing nearly half of the yield, heartbreaking to see the fruit falling all over the ground." Not only did this cause yield losses, but the misuse of chemical pesticides in pest control on rose apple trees also led to soil degradation, ...