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ATTACK ON RICE. Rice black bugs are sap-feeding insects that attack rice plants in almost all stages of growth. The Department of Agriculture, in its advisory, said it is one of the pests that normally attack during the first quarter of the year.(File photo by DA-PhilRice) CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija -The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) here on Wednesday urged farmers to protect crops from possible infestation by monitoring pests and diseases that normally attack during the first q...

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Agriculture in Central Luzon (DA-3) on Friday said farmers need to monitor pests and diseases that normally attack during the first quarter of the year. In its advisory, the DA-3 said that based on its historical data, the pests and diseases that will likely occur from January to March are rodents, rice black bug, brown plant hopper, rice stem borer and bacterial leaf blight. The possible areas to be affected, it said, are the provinces of Auror...