National Wheat Autumn Sowing Seed Dressing Work Conference Held in Shijiazhuang in 2014
Website News To implement the spirit of the Ministry of Agriculture's national autumn and winter sowing work video conference and the instructions of Minister Han Changfu on doing a good job in autumn and winter sowing production, on September 26, the 2014 National Wheat Autumn Sowing Chemical Seed Dressing Work Conference was held in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. The conference summarized the 2014 wheat pest and disease control situation, deployed the 2014 autumn and winter sowing wheat pest and disease control work, and put forward the overall goal of this year's wheat autumn sowing chemical seed dressing: strive to increase the proportion of national winter wheat autumn sowing seed dressing by 2-3 percentage points compared with the previous year, generally reaching 90-93% of winter wheat seed treatment; and determined the overall goal of wheat autumn and winter seedling stage prevention and control: in the wheat areas of the southwest, northwest, and Hanshui River basin, which are sources of wheat stripe rust inoculum and winter multiplication areas, the autumn seedling control and treatment rate shall reach 100%; in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Huang-Huai-Hai wheat areas, the control area for major pests and diseases such as wheat powdery mildew, sheath blight, and aphids shall reach more than 90% of the occurrence area.
The conference required plant protection departments at all levels to attach great importance to autumn sowing work and lay a solid foundation for next year's summer grain harvest. First, leadership must be strengthened to ensure that pest and disease prevention and control work is organized in place. Scientific and reasonable plans should be formulated, the responsibility system should be strengthened, and wheat autumn sowing chemical seed dressing and autumn and winter pest and disease prevention and control work should be done well. Second, preparations must be made early to ensure the smooth development of pest and disease prevention and control work. Wheat autumn sowing seed dressing is tight in time and heavy in task, and plant protection departments should prepare necessary chemicals, seed dressing equipment, and prevention and control machinery according to the characteristics of local pest and disease occurrence and the needs of autumn and winter prevention and control work. Third, monitoring must be strengthened to ensure that pest and disease prevention and control information is timely and accurate. Monitoring and early warning are the basis for doing a good job in wheat autumn sowing chemical seed dressing and autumn and winter pest and disease prevention and control. It is necessary to comprehensively analyze the occurrence of soil-borne, seed-borne, and seedling stage pests and diseases in the region, determine the key targets for autumn sowing seed dressing prevention and control, and guide farmers in scientific seed dressing. Fourth, supervision must be strengthened to ensure that pest and disease control technical guidance is in place. It is necessary to comprehensively inspect the implementation of autumn sowing seed dressing work, give full play to the role of roving guidance experts, go deep into the front line of production to inspect and guide, and promote the orderly and effective development of autumn sowing seed dressing work.