bollworm

At last the bollworm had attacked the cotton--the poison ivy was reaching out its tendrils to entwine the summer boarder--the millionaire lumberman, thinly disguised as the Alaskan miner, was about to engulf our Milly and upset Nature's adjustment.

To monitor pink bollworm, farmers should install 1-2 pheromone traps.

'Cotton crop is under attack of pests, especially white fly, thrips and pink bollworm, due to weather conditions and growers' financial incapacity to counter the menace by applying appropriate quantity of pesticides and fertilizers,' Mr Khokhar said, adding the pest attack was so severe that it may drastically cut lint yield.

Farmers should consult officials for suitable spray to tackle attack by army-worm, pink bollworm, white fly, Thrips and Aphid.

They say they have to dig deeper into their pockets to be able to control the African bollworm and the mealybug.

Among all bollworms pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) is a major pest and reduced the cotton production in many countries of the world.

Keywords: Bt Cotton, gene (Cry1Ac) expression, Cross combinations, bollworm.

FAISALABAD -- The Agriculture Department has released off-season cotton management strategy to save the next crop from attack of Gulabi Sundi (pink bollworm).

Keywords: Cotton, Varieties, Bollworm complex, Resistance.

The hot spots for pests, especially whitefly, thrips and pink bollworm were being observed in the fields.

MULTAN -- Agricultural scientists pointed out on Wednesday pink bollworm and whitefly could damage cotton crop seriously, suggesting to the growers and agri officials to adopt measures for biological control of the pest attack like increasing the population of predatory insects.