Negros sprays biocontrol fungi on RSSI-hit sugarcane plantations

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Negros Occidental has intensified efforts to contain the spread of red-striped soft scale insects (RSSI) by deploying pathogenic fungi on more than 77 hectares of sugarcane fields affected by low to moderate infestations. Engr. Colen Ocalinas, action officer of the Provincial Biosecurity Task Force, said at a press briefing