MT asks inclusion in ' state of emergency ' against caterpillar Western Bahia received the decree

by Estadão content( Mato Grosso expected to be included in a state of emergency against caterpillar - Photo : Wanderlei Days War / Map )
The declaration of a state of emergency phytosanitary just to the west of Bahia in the case of the adoption of measures to control Helicoverpa armigera caterpillar frustrated producers of Mato Grosso . The technical director of the Association of Soybean and Corn Producers of Mato Grosso ( Aprosoja / MT ) , Luiz Nery Ribas said that producers were hoping that the emergency covering all areas producing soybeans, corn and cotton , which are at risk of pest infestation .
The state of emergency for Western Bahia was declared by order of the minister Antonio Andrade , published in the Official Gazette of the emergency measure allows the import of products not yet recorded by the committee formed by the Ministry of Agriculture , Instituto Brasileiro do Meio environment and Renewable Natural Resources ( IBAMA ) and the National Agency for Sanitary Surveillance ( ANVISA ) .
According Nery Ribas , producers of Mato Grosso are concerned that the presence of the caterpillar was found in more than 30 cities during the depopulation of soy , which lasted until September 15 . He says that now concern because increases have been planted more than 60 % from 8.2 million hectares to be allocated to soybeans in the state this season . In conjunction with the Plant Protection Service of the Ministry of Agriculture in Mato Grosso , Aprosoja / MT set up a warning system for Helicoverpa armigera , with installation of pheromone traps ( sex hormone ) of the moth in the producing regions to track the dispersal of plague.
The director of Aprosoja / MT said the body will strengthen the Ministry of Agriculture with the inclusion of Mato Grosso in the declaration of a "state of emergency" , so that local producers can also import the emamectin benzoate , pesticides considered the most efficient control of the caterpillar, whose greed is causing panic in major grain-producing regions of the country and cotton the release of import and emergency use of pesticides without registration with the competent bodies authorized by a decree was sanctioned last week President Dilma Rousseff .
Source : Globo Rural Magazine ( Brazil ) .