Army worm outbreak brought under control

A recent army worm infestation in major grain producing regions in North and Northeast China is now under control and will have little effect on this year's harvest, agricultural professionals said.

The army worm, a common pest, became the most serious threat to the production of corn this summer in the country's major grain-producing regions due to unusual weather conditions.

By Friday, pest control measures had effectively covered about 3 million hectares, or 80 percent of the total corn planting areas nationwide hit by the infestation, the Ministry of Agriculture said on its website on Monday.