BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines—The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has announced a significant breakthrough in its fight against the destructive red-striped soft-scale insects (RSSI) that have infested 2,932.13 hectares of sugarcane fields mostly on Negros Island. An entomopathogenic fungus, capable of eliminating RSSI, has been found in Capiz province on Panay Island in Western Visayas,
