The administration of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Irkutsk region and the Buryat Republic has warned of a serious threat to all growers: rostochiensis struck areas 20 districts of Buryatia, and Ulan-Ude.

"In total, there are 1148 foci on a total area of about 204,1 hectares, including infected 1137 private farms. Today installed 135 phytosanitary quarantine zones and introduced quarantine phytosanitary regime on an area of about 437 thousand hectares," — said inspectors of the Agency.

We will remind, potato nematodes — these are tiny worms that feed on the juice of potato tubers and causing brown rot. Them is among the most dangerous quarantine pests. The danger lies not only in the emergence of a huge population of pests, but also the ease of distribution. The soil and any plants planted on it, become carriers and carriers of this infection. Golden nematode causes globoderoz potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant, destroying the harvest at 30-90%.

To fight the pest in the Republic began in 2017. In the result of a quarantine phytosanitary zone on 770,37 20 hectares managed to reduce the territory of the village of Ivolginsk of the Ivolginsky district. And in the territory of S. Nagata zaigraevsky district and to cancel the quarantine regime.