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 ...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced recently that U.S. cotton is free—after more than 100 years—of the devastating pink bollworm. This pest has cost U.S. producers tens of millions of ...
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 ...
On August 10, when Sanjay Rathod walked to his lush cotton field in Lasina village in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, he noticed some closed yellow flowers. When he opened them, he found to his horror the tiny ...
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 ...
CASA GRANDE — Dust from a nearby tractor blew thick across Paco Ollerton's face as he walked across a wide field sprinkled with leftover cotton from last fall's harvest. The tractor roared along his ...
Vijayawada: The Centre has acknowledged that the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella), known as gulabi rangu purugu in Telugu, has developed resistance to Bt cotton, the genetically modified crop ...
Alarmed over the widespread infestation of pink bollworm on cotton crop in the three northern states of India, especially Punjab, a virtual interactive session was organised by Sirsa Regional Station ...
Sirsa: Haryana agriculture department officials have confirmed a pink bollworm outbreak on cotton crop in the fields of Sirsa district adjoining Punjab. Officials have advised farmers to take ...
Pink Bollworm: Seed body comes out in support of companies The National Seed Association of India (NSAI) has come out in strong defence of seed companies stating that the Pink Bollworm (PBW) incidence ...
Nagpur, Dec 14 (PTI) Maharashtra government has received applications of over five lakh farmers claiming damage to crops due to pink bollworm infestation and they will be compensated through seed ...
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 ...
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