Annual Report 2016-2017
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རྒྱལ༌ཡོངས༌སོ་ཤིང༌སྲུང༌鮐ོབས༌ལ罺༌བ། སོ་ནམ་ལས་ݴངས། སོ་ནམ་དང་ནགས་ཚལ་ 辷ན་ཁག། NATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CENTRE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FORESTS SEMTOKHA ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2016-2017 རྒྱལ༌ཡོངས༌སོ་ཤིང༌སྲུང༌鮐ོབས༌ལ罺༌བ། སོ་ནམ་ལས་ݴངས། སོ་ནམ་དང་ནགས་ཚལ་ 辷ན་ཁག། NATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CENTRE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FORESTS SEMTOKHA ForeWorD The National Plant Protection Centre (NPPC) is pleased to publish its Annual report 2016-17 reflecting its major achievements and challenges that were made and faced during the past year. As usual, this Annual Report represents a joint efforts put in by all our researchers, support staff and all the collaborating agencies. The documentation of annual activities is purely focused to serves as a referral material and to present possibilities of collaboration and cooperation with the agencies and institutions from both within and outside the Ministry of Agriculture & Forests. The NPPC is mandated to function as National Referral and Coordinating Centre for all Plant Protection (PP) activities including: (i) information management system (surveillance & pest database) and pest risk analysis,(ii) research and development in all areas of plant protection, (iii) provide diagnostic services in identifying pests, diseases, weeds and vertebrate pests, (iv) laboratory and advisory services (v) education and awareness services and (vi) Regional and International coordination and collaborative activities. In view of these mandates and the efforts put forth by the Centre and its staff, the document briefly highlights the major achievements and challenges faced in carrying out the following activities under each individual units. i. A survey on insects pests of brassica vegetables and their management practices in Bjemina under Mewang Gewog, Thimphu Dzongkhagwas carried out by the Entomology Unit of the Centre. It was conducted to collect information on pest types infesting brassicas so as to develop and generate effective pest management strategies. ii. Survey to document rice pests in Chuzergang Gewog under Sarpang Dzongkhag iii. Chilli blight management and awareness program in major chili growing areas Testing of citrus samples for HLB Annual Progress Report 2016-2017 • iii iv. Pest and disease identification survey of mango and avocado v. Development of National Pest Database to serve as a repository and a reference bank for all pests and disease vi. Enhancement of the e-pest surveillance system for all pest surveillance activities in the country vii. Supply of all plant protection products viii. Development of weed control technology in transplanted rice in Bhutan ix. Hands on training on the Global Positioning System (GPS) for the agricultural officials of the Wangduephodrang Dzongkhag. All these activities, both planned and ad-hoc, highlighted in this document and those gone unaccounted are achieved through strong collaboration with the Dzongkhags and the Gewog Extension officials and the ARDCs. Therefore, the NPPC team would like to take this opportunity to thank all our collaborators in making the year a successful one. Lastly, hearty congratulations to all the staff of NPPC for their unwavering support and dedication in making this year a very successful one. Trashi Delek! Yeshey Dema Program Director iv • Annual Progress Report 2016-2017 TABLE of Contents 1. Entomology Unit ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Farmers survey on insect pests of brassica vegetable and their managements in Bjemina, Mewang Gewog ........................................................................................ 1 1.1.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1 1.1.2 Materials and Methods ................................................................................... 1 1.1.3 Results ............................................................................................................... 1 1.1.4 Discussion ........................................................................................................ 5 1.2 Farmers survey on rice insect pests in Chuzergang ............................................. 6 1.2.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 6 1.2.2 Materials and Methods ................................................................................... 6 1.2.3 Results ............................................................................................................... 7 1.2.4 Discussion ........................................................................................................ 8 2. Pathology Unit ........................................................................................................... 9 2.1 Chili blight management awareness program ....................................................... 9 2.1.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 9 2.1.2 Activities ........................................................................................................... 9 2.1.3 Question and answer session .......................................................................10 2.1.4 Field operation practices ..............................................................................10 2.1.5 Highlights of the program ...........................................................................11 2.1.6 Future direction .............................................................................................11 2.2 Pest and disease identification survey of mango and avocado ..........................13 2.2.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................13 2.2.2 Methods ..........................................................................................................13 2.2.3 Results .............................................................................................................13 2.2.4 Recommendation ..........................................................................................16 2.3 Survey of potato wart disease ................................................................................17 2.3.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................17 Annual Progress Report 2016-2017 • v 2.3.2 Survey method ..............................................................................................18 2.3.3 Results .............................................................................................................18 2.3.4 Discussion ......................................................................................................18 2.4 Testing of citrus samples for HLB in 2016 ...........................................................19 3. Surveillance Unit .....................................................................................................22 3.1 National Plant Pest Database (NPPD) ..................................................................22 3.1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................22 3.1.2 Structure of NPPD ........................................................................................22 3.1.3 Result ..............................................................................................................23 3.1.4 Conclusion .....................................................................................................23 3.2 Enhancement of ePest surveillance system ..........................................................23 3.2.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................23 3.2.2 Surveillance system enhancement ..............................................................24 3.2.3 Conclusion .....................................................................................................24 4. Plant Protection Product Unit ...............................................................................25 4.1 Supply of plant protection products .....................................................................25 5. Weeds and Vertebrate Unit ....................................................................................27 5.1 Development of Weed Control Technology in Transplanted Rice in Bhutan .27 5.1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................27 5.1.2 Materials and methods .................................................................................27 5.1.3 Results .............................................................................................................30 5.1.4 Conclusion .....................................................................................................31 5.2 Training on the Global Positioning System to Agriculture Officials of Wangduephodrang Dzongkhag to Collect Wildlife Crop Damages Information ..............................................................................................................31 5.2.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................31 5.2.2 Training outcome and future work .............................................................33