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ARMENIAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE URGES FARMERS TO FIGHT AGAINST POTATO MOTH
/ARKA/
31 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, October 31. /ARKA/. Armenian First Deputy Minister of
Agriculture Grigory Baghian recommends the country's farmers to
replace Solanaceae (potatoes, egg-plants, tobacco, tomatoes, pepper,
and etc.) with others to fight against potato moth.
"It is the only efficient way to beat the potato moth", Baghian told
a press conference. According to the Deputy Minister, farmers should
plant, for example, wheat instead and want for 2-3 years until the
moth disappears. "No other method, neither chemicals nor pheromone
traps, has the required effect", Baghian said.
According to Baghian, potato moth is not typical for Armenia and was
imported together with the seeds of Solanaceae.
Baghian informed that the moth is currently spread in Ararat
and Armavir regions of Armenia and in the villages of Masis and
Echmiadzin. The Deputy Minister found it difficult to tell any certain
amount of the damage caused by the moth so far.
Potato moth is a thermophilic insect that develops not only in summer,
but also in winter at temperatures above 10 degrees. The pest adapts
easily to moderate latitudes. -0-
/ARKA/
31 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, October 31. /ARKA/. Armenian First Deputy Minister of
Agriculture Grigory Baghian recommends the country's farmers to
replace Solanaceae (potatoes, egg-plants, tobacco, tomatoes, pepper,
and etc.) with others to fight against potato moth.
"It is the only efficient way to beat the potato moth", Baghian told
a press conference. According to the Deputy Minister, farmers should
plant, for example, wheat instead and want for 2-3 years until the
moth disappears. "No other method, neither chemicals nor pheromone
traps, has the required effect", Baghian said.
According to Baghian, potato moth is not typical for Armenia and was
imported together with the seeds of Solanaceae.
Baghian informed that the moth is currently spread in Ararat
and Armavir regions of Armenia and in the villages of Masis and
Echmiadzin. The Deputy Minister found it difficult to tell any certain
amount of the damage caused by the moth so far.
Potato moth is a thermophilic insect that develops not only in summer,
but also in winter at temperatures above 10 degrees. The pest adapts
easily to moderate latitudes. -0-