SAN AGUSTIN, Isabela: At least 138-hectare corn and palay (unhusked rice) farms were ravaged by pests in Isabela in April and May this year.

The Regional Crop Protection Center of the Department of Agriculture-Cagayan Valley has identified three prevalent pests — the fall armyworm, brown planthopper, and rice blast fungus — destroying corn and palay farms in the region, science specialist Nellie Dadufalza said.

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