The pink bollworm has brought down India’s cotton production by a quarter in the last decade. While a few seed companies have ...

Confined field trials of BT cotton at five sites in Zimbabwe show positive results giving more scope for the country to scale ...

Bathinda: Congress MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh has emphasised the need to transform agriculture in Punjab into a remunerative and ...

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) will soon undertake the second round of field trials for pink bollworm-resistant (PBW) ...

Cotton is an important crop that significantly contributes to the economies of developing countries, providing income for farmers and driving economic growth in rural areas. However, cotton production ...

A significant decline in the area under cotton cultivation has been observed in Punjab over the past seven to eight years, ...

Cotton futures, represented by Cottoncandy, experienced a decline of -0.43%, settling at 55,700. Reports of pink bollworm... Cotton prices, represented as Cotton candy, settled with a minor decline of ...

Profits from cotton have reduced with the passage time ... because last season there was negligible infestation of white fly, pink bollworm, in comparison to the previous years.

Bhambhu grows BT cotton, a crop that has been frequently attacked by the dreaded pink bollworm since 2018, causing significant damage to farmers’ yields. But he is not worried about the pink bollworm ...

ISLAMABAD, Mar 14 (APP):The Punjab Agriculture Department has launched a comprehensive campaign to promote early cotton sowing from February 15 to March 31, 2025, aiming to enhance cotton productivity ...

Moreover, pest infestations, including whitefly and pink bollworm, continue to pose a major threat to Punjab’s cotton sector. Ineffective pesticide management and indiscriminate spraying ...