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How to control the black locust geometer moth? A full breakdown of practical methods
Control methods for the black locust geometer moth: 1. Manually dig the pupae out of the soil and feed them to poultry. 2. During the adult emergence period, pile sand at the base of the trunk or tie a 5 to 7 cm wide plastic film band to prevent the wingless moths from climbing the tree. 3. During the young larval stage, spray a 3000-fold dilution of 20% diflubenzuron, or a 2000-fold dilution of 50% phoxim emulsifiable concentrate or 20% fenvalerate insecticide emulsifiable concentrate. 4. Use light traps to kill the adults.
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Key Management Points and Precautions for Cotton During the Full Square Stage
At present, most cotton in our province has entered the full square stage. In view of the current high temperatures, scorching heat, drought and little rain in most areas, the following management technical recommendations are specially put forward for the reference of the broad masses of cotton farmers. 1. Watering and topdressing. Water appropriately and apply a small amount of nitrogen fertilizer to promote seedling growth. For cotton fields with poor soil fertility, insufficient or somewhat low base fertilizer, and weak cotton growth, 5 kg of urea per mu can be topdressed along with watering. Phosphate fertilizer and potassium fertilizer can also be added at the same time; generally, 5 kg each of diammonium phosphate, potassium sulfate or potassium chloride per mu. 2. Proactive chemical regulation. Spray mepiquat chloride before watering for proactive chemical regulation
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What Is the Current State of the Silkie Chicken Market? A Full Breakdown of Raising Precautions
The Silkie chicken is one of China's precious chicken breeds. It gets its name from its black skin and black bones, and it is renowned at home and abroad for its high tonic, medicinal and ornamental value. Its breeds include the Taihe Silkie and the Chinese Black Phoenix chicken, among others. The feeding and management of Silkie chickens is basically similar to that of other chicken breeds. 1. The current market state of Silkie chickens. In recent years, as people's health awareness has increased, market demand for Silkie chickens has risen sharply. At present, Silkie chickens are in fairly short supply in most rural markets in China, and prices are climbing. Therefore, farmers who seize this favorable opportunity to raise Silkie chickens in small batches or large
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How to Trap and Kill Japanese Beetles? A Full Guide to Practical Control Methods
Hang 1 light-colored glass bottle every 3 to 4 trees, such as a beer bottle or a wide-mouthed medicine bottle. Wash the inside of the bottle clean, catch 2 to 3 live Japanese beetles and put them into the bottle, tie a rope around the neck of the bottle, and fasten it to a fruit tree branch, with the bottle mouth 2 cm from the branch. Japanese beetles have a gregarious habit and will crawl into the bottle one after another. Once the bottle is full of beetles, take it down and scald them to death with hot water.
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Hybrid late japonica rice restorer lines successfully bred in the Yangtze River Basin
Through the efforts of experts from the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the "Yangtze River Basin hybrid late japonica rice restorer lines - Shenhui 254 and Shenhui No. 1" were successfully bred and utilized. This project was awarded first prize for scientific and technological progress by the Shanghai Municipal Government this year. The key to applying hybrid late japonica rice in production in the Yangtze River Basin is to breed excellent late japonica-type restorer lines. This project used intermediate materials between indica and japonica subspecies as bridge parents, introduced indica restorer genes into late japonica rice varieties, adopted convergent crossing and systematic selection, and gathered the excellent base
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Super-high-yield new hybrid japonica rice variety Qiuyou Jinfeng successfully bred
The super-high-yield new hybrid japonica rice variety "Qiuyou Jinfeng", independently bred by Shanghai scientists, after 3 years of production demonstration planting, reached a per-mu yield of 801.9 kg, and has recently passed expert acceptance inspection. On December 31, 2006, a reporter learned at the Shanghai Minhang District Agricultural Science Research Institute that the cultivation of the excellent variety "Qiuyou Jinfeng" uses the genetic differences between the two parents of indica rice and japonica rice, with an excellent late japonica sterile line as the female parent, and selects excellent indica rice and excellent japonica rice restorer lines as the male parent, through "indica-japonica bridging" technology, applying
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New cotton variety Chuangyoumian 168 successfully bred in Hebei
The new transgenic insect-resistant cotton variety "Chuangyoumian 168", bred by Shijiazhuang Shiminfeng Seed Co., Ltd. (postal code: 050035, tel: 0311-85322590), recently passed variety approval in Henan Province. The variety has a growth period of about 127 days. Single boll weight 6.7 grams, lint percentage 40.5%, seed index 10.9 grams, pre-frost boll opening rate 90.2%. Highly resistant to fusarium wilt, tolerant to verticillium wilt, and resistant to lepidopteran pests such as cotton bollworm and pink bollworm. Specific strength 28.6 centinewtons/tex, micronaire value 5.4,
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New cotton variety successfully bred in Gansu
The new cotton variety "Jiumian No. 6", bred by the Jiuquan City Institute of Agricultural Sciences (postal code: 735000, tel: 0937-2621195), recently passed variety approval in Gansu Province. This variety is an early-maturing upland cotton, with round bolls, a single boll weight of 6.2 grams, thin boll shells, and smooth and concentrated boll opening; the cotton lint is pure white and easy to pick. The seed index is 11.1 grams, the whole growth period is 145 days, and the pre-frost cotton rate is 81.7%. It is resistant to fusarium wilt, with a specific strength of 27.9 cN/tex, a Micronaire value of 4.3, and a spinning consistency index of 13
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Super hybrid japonica rice successfully bred in Tianjin
In the golden autumn season, the thousand-mu rice fields at the Ninghe Rice Original Seed Farm are a sea of gold, and the super hybrid japonica rice planted here - the high-quality Xiaozhan hybrid japonica rice - has been successfully harvested. This marks major progress in the Tianjin major science and technology project led by Academician Yuan Longping - "Research on New Combinations of High-Quality, Super-High-Yield Xiaozhan Rice." Based on analysis of the number of grains per rice ear and other factors, rice experts expect the yield per mu to reach 800 kg, an increase of more than 150 kg over conventional rice yields, with greatly improved quality. According to reports, the conventional rice varieties currently planted in North China
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Multiple high-yield, multi-resistant, high-quality hybrid japonica rice varieties successfully bred in Tianjin
After several years of research, the Rice Research Institute of the Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences has successfully bred 9 new high-yield, multi-resistant, high-quality hybrid japonica rice varieties. At present, 6 of the new varieties have been designated as nationally approved high-quality hybrid japonica rice varieties, with an annual promotion area of more than 1 million mu, accounting for 20% of the total hybrid japonica rice area in China. It is understood that the Rice Research Institute of the Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, through independent innovation, successfully solved the worldwide problem of hybrid japonica rice breeding, and was the first in China to establish a hybrid japonica rice breeding technology system and seed production system, raising hybrid seed purity
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