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Jiujiang ensures the safety of the pine forest in Mount Lushan

( Abstract )

In Jiujiang of Jiangxi Province, the forest department recently adopted effective measures. Monitoring and preventing work is strengthened for controlling overall spread of all sorts of pine forest diseases and insect pests. Safety of the landscape and forest area of Mount Lushan is under the protection. At present, Mount Lushan Protective Area has 15,000 hectares of forest area, including the pine forest area of 7,200 hectares. The warmer climate in Jiujiang in last winter and this spring, insect pests occurred in the forest. Biological prevention and control and artificial clarification are adopted. 3,133 hectares of forest was practiced the prevention and control of disease and insect pests and the preventing and curing percentage reached 56%...



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