Across China: Xinjiang
China Daily | Updated: 2008-08-13 08:22
Plague of bollworms
A heat wave has triggered a massive infestation of pests in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the local agricultural authority has said.
The pests, mainly the grass-eating bollworm, have infested 158,000 hectares of grassland 3,500-4,500 m above sea level, Mu Chen, head of the locus prevention and control department, said.
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