Pest control helps ensure good harvests in Hunan

Zhang Yifu, director of aplant protection station operated by the Agricultural and Rural Affairs Bureauin Ziyang district, Yiyangcity, Hunan province, provides a view ofpests that a solar insecticidal lampeliminated. (Xinhua/Zhou Mian)

Thecritical autumn grain production period has arrived in China, and pests have been moderately severe in some of the rice-producing areas in the southern part of the country. Grassroots agricultural technicians and socializedagricultural service organizations have actively responded to the situation via fixed-point monitoring, installation ofsolar insecticidal lamps, and utilization of plant protection drones with the ability to apply pesticidesin order to control pests and ensure good harvests.