Tocantins: Soybean sanitary void period is in effect

The first soy void period is already in effect in Tocantins, a time when it is forbidden to cultivate, implant or allow the presence of live soy plants at any stage of growth. The sanitary void is a measure adopted to prevent and control the spread of diseases and pests in national crops. The measure came into effect from the last day 1st and extends until the 30th of September.

Rafael Moreira, a researcher at Embrapa Soja, exposes the importance of the period of sanitary emptiness for combating the fungus that causes Asian rust.

“Rust is caused by a fungus that needs the living soybean plant to survive. So if you don’t have the plant in the environment, in the field, in the field, the rust fungus spores survive for a maximum of fifty days. So if he doesn’t find the plants, he will fall and die. And this will reduce the population of the fungus”, he explains.

the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi is the cause of Asian rust, a disease that can cause up to 75% of crop losses and has a high capacity for reproduction and dissemination.

According to Ordinance No. 781/2023 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), the ban runs from July 1 to September 30. Periods of sanitary emptiness are established annually by the Map and must be followed by the producing states, across the country.

The main soy producing municipalities in Tocantins are:

beautiful fields

Fish

Lagoon of Confusion

woodsmen

national port

Caseara

Santa Rosa do Tocantins

Monte do Carmo

Aparecida do Rio Negro

Dawn

Schedule by state:

Violation of the soy fallow period can result in penalties such as the interdiction of the property, fines, destruction of the plantation, and even criminal liability of the owner, according to article nº 259 of the Brazilian Penal Code, which provides for imprisonment from 2 to 5 years, and a fine for those who spread disease or plague that may cause damage to the forest, plantation or animals of economic utility. In the case of guilt, the punishment is imprisonment from 1 to 6 months, or a fine.

By Brasil 61