[Weaving Web News] Recently, the State Forestry Administration issued a forestry pest warning notice, saying that Xinjiang has found a forest quarantine pest Fuso cotton mealybug (also known as cotton mealybug) epidemic outbreak area involving Urumqi, Changji and Kashgar in Xinjiang. State , region).

　　On May 30, the author learned from the Forest Disease and Pest Control and Quarantine Station in Urumqi, Xinjiang, that after Urumqi first discovered the imported hibiscus powdery mildew epidemic in September last year, on May 18, the forestry department of Urumqi, Xinjiang discovered again at the Pearl Flower Market The outbreak. 48 pots were transported from Guangzhou, and the “Brazil keel” infected with the epidemic was destroyed collectively.

　　According to the staff of the Forest Disease and Pest Control and Quarantine Station in Urumqi, Xinjiang, there are many host plants of P. coccinea. The main host plant types are cotton, hibiscus (Zhu Hibiscus), sunflower, pumpkin, etc., and their transmission routes can vary with wind, water, animals, Spread of equipment, etc. Long distance mainly spreads with the host plant.

　　"F. militaris is a newly discovered important pest. The analysis results show that the potential risk of the pest to cotton and other industries is huge." The staff member said.

　　Xinjiang is the largest cotton producing region in the country, with output accounting for about one third of the country. It is understood that since September 2010, several regions in Xinjiang have successively found flowers carrying P. melanocarpa, which has seriously threatened the safety of cotton production in our region, especially the production of high-quality cotton bases.

　　The staff member said that in order to prevent and control the epidemic situation of Fusarium sibiricum and protect the safety of cotton production in Xinjiang, at the end of last year, 17 offices and offices of the People's Government of the Autonomous Region, the Development and Reform Commission, the Communications Department, and the Public Security Department established the Prevention and Control Work Coordination Group." The coordination group is mainly responsible for investigating the capital flower market, visiting the business merchants, checking the quarantine certificate of the flowers and plants carried by P. melanocarpa, investigating the wholesale, production, and flow of flowers. Various technical measures and safeguard measures such as epidemic investigation, monitoring, reporting, emergency response, etc.have been formed into a system, and special investigations on the epidemic situation have been organized in various places.

　　Through multiple follow-up investigations, it was determined that the Pseudococcidae species in Xinjiang mainly originated from ornamental plants such as "Jade Kirin", "Phalaenopsis", and "Fusang Flower" that were transferred from Fujian to the Xinjiang Flower Market. The report requires that forestry authorities in all regions attach great importance to and actively take effective measures to strictly prevent the spread of the epidemic. The staff of the Forest Disease and Pest Control and Quarantine Station in Urumqi, Xinjiang said that the epidemic situation in Urumqi, Xinjiang mainly came from the two major flower markets. After the staff continued to conduct weekly inspections, the current epidemic situation has been controlled.