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Destructive pest could spread to all of China’s grain production in 12 months 毀滅性害蟲恐在12個月內蔓延到中國所有糧食產區

精英翻譯社轉自: https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1288793

◎魏國金

The devastating armyworm pest has already spread to more than 8,500 hectares of China’s grain production and could soon affect the country’s entire crop, a new US government report said.

毀滅性的行軍蟲已散布到中國逾8500公頃的糧食產區，可能不久就會衝擊該國整個作物收成，美國政府一份新報告指出。

The voracious, inch-long fall armyworm, the larval form of the armyworm moth, can breed rapidly, spread great distances and is hugely difficult to eradicate.

狼吞虎嚥、1吋長的秋行軍蟲，是斜紋夜蛾的幼蟲，可快速繁殖、長距離擴散，且極難根絕。

It has a large impact on a wide range of crops, including important Chinese staples such as rice, soybeans and corn. According to the US report, it may have already spread to a range of southern Chinese provinces including Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan and Hainan.

牠對廣泛作物產生重大衝擊，包括重要的中國主食，比如稻米、大豆與玉米等。根據這份美國報告，該害蟲恐已蔓延到中國南部省分，包括雲南、廣西、廣東、貴州、湖南與海南。

The new pest comes as the Chinese government faces a number of daunting agricultural challenges. Every province in the country has now been affected by African swine fever virus, which is devastating the pork industry.

這種新害蟲出現在中國政府正面臨若干令人畏怯的農業挑戰之際。中國每個省分現在遭到非洲豬瘟病毒衝擊，重創豬肉產業。