In all natural and climatic zones of Ukraine, the development of rodent populations is currently ongoing. This was reported by specialists of the State Consumer Rights Protection Service of Ukraine in their report on November 14, as reported by APK-Inform.
"In winter cereal and rapeseed crops, the settlement by rodent colonies is predominantly peripheral, where they are recorded in the number of 0.5-3 individuals per hectare with 3-7 inhabited burrows. Rodents have weakly damaged up to 3% of the plants. Also, uncultivated areas, particularly after the harvest of corn and sunflower, are inhabited by mound-building mice at a density of 1-4 mounds per hectare (Odessa and Kherson regions)," the report clarifies.
As predicted by the department, the threat of damage to winter crops and perennial grasses and plantings will remain everywhere in the future. Therefore, the system of preventive measures will play an important role in reducing the number of rodent populations, particularly voles.
"Control is primarily achieved through timely and high-quality pre-seeding tillage, which destroys burrows and eliminates the food base, while a third of the adults die or are injured and all..."