THE cotton crop is hit by many pests but pink bollworm is its worst enemy which not only causes loss to crop but also affects the lint quality. The economic loss it inflicts is heavier than the impact ...

If there was one phrase to sum up farming in Arkansas at the start of summer, it would be “keep scouting.” Surveillance done by Cooperative Extension Service county agents around the state has found ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) - The Board of Supervisors tomorrow is slated to approve the Riverside County Office of Agriculture Commissioner's proposed contract with the state to monitor programs ...

In the fall of 1917, on a cotton farm in Hearne, Texas, entomologist Ivan Shiller documented the first pink bollworm sighting in the US. The insect, named for the characteristic pink color it develops ...

From the Agriculture Department last week came an alarming note. The pink bollworm, “the most threatening insect pest of American cotton,” is doing more damage “to the 1952 cotton crop . . . than its ...

Cotton is the single largest cash crop of Pakistan. In Sindh cultivation of cotton started before the opening of the Sukkur barrage. During the pre-barrage period up to the year 1932 the cultivation ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australian scientists spearheading the fight against the world's worst agricultural pest say the first step is to get to know their ...

NEW DELHI: The government is working on a solution to control spread of cotton pest 'Pink Bollworm' that has developed resistance to much-touted Bt cotton variety in parts of Gujarat and Andhra ...

Visakhapatnam: The dreaded pest, pink bollworm, that gave nightmares to cotton farmers in the state a decade ago is back in Andhra Pradesh. Farmers in the state’s cotton growing districts like Guntur ...

A ten-year study in northern China shows that large-scale cultivation of cotton plants genetically modified to produce an insecticidal toxin is associated with a reduction in pest populations in ...

HISAR:The American Bollworm caused heavy losses to the cotton crop this year. Seeing this, the state government had also asked the Centre for financial aid of Rs 106 crore. hisar:the american bollworm ...

Nagpur: A major attack of pink bollworm on Bt cotton, supposed to be resistant to the pest, led to spraying of higher doses of pesticides. The mixture of profefonos and cypermethrin was used leading ...