Lê Minh Tuyên, Director of the Hà Nội Forest Protection Division under Hà Nội Agriculture and Rural Development Department, spokenbsp;to Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper about difficulties and challenges innbsp;forest management and protection.
How whiteflies came, saw and conquered India’s crops
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The first reported invasive spiralling whitefly is now distributed throughout India except Jammu & Kashmir
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Dusty pest: Approximately 1.35 lakh hectares of coconut and oil palm in India are affected by rugose spiralling whitefly.
The first reported invasive spiralling whitefly is now distributed throughout India except Jammu & Kashmir
It was early summer in 2016 when Selvaraj Krishnan and his team from ICAR- National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources set out to investigate a coconut field in Tamil Nadu. They were surveying the area for the whitefly, which was reducing the yield and wreaking havoc: the whitefly.The first invasive whitefly reported from Kerala in 1995 has now spread across the country, and a study has now detailed the damage caused by the pest.
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Maine forest ranger receives nation’s highest award for wildfire prevention
At Tuesday s Silver Smokey Bear Award event, Gov. Mills also proclaimed April 18-24 as Wildfire Awareness Week in Maine Author: Griffin Stockford (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 7:47 PM EDT April 13, 2021 Updated: 7:48 PM EDT April 13, 2021
AUGUSTA, Maine At a Blaine House Ceremony Tuesday, Maine Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) Commissioner Amanda Beal presented Maine Forest Service Ranger Specialist Kent Nelson with the Silver Smokey Bear Award, the highest national honor one can receive for outstanding work and significant program impact in wildfire prevention.
Nelson is one of two people to earn this national recognition in 2021, according to the DACF. This is the first time since the 1990s that a Mainer has won the award.
‘Pruning unavoidable in situations, but has to be done scientifically’
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Pruning as an exercise is unavoidable in many situations, but what is important is to do it scientifically, say experts. In cities such as Bengaluru, pruning is often carried out on roadside trees and in parks to facilitate free movement of people, while in other set-ups like coffee plantations, pruning of shade trees become essential.
R. Sundararaj, Scientist G and head, and R. Raja Rishi, Scientist E, from the Forest Protection Division, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, say pruning with a higher level of care is recommended in landscape trees like parks to maintain their structural integrity and aesthetics, while forest trees grow quite well with only self pruning.