GM Crop - White Flies Resistant Cotton Field Trials
March 26 , 2020
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- GM Crop - White Flies Resistant Cotton Field Trials
- The National Botanical Research Institute developed pest resistant cotton variety.
- The cotton variety is to be field tested at the Center of Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana.
- In 2015, the whiteflies devastated more than two-third cotton crops in Punjab.
- Whiteflies feed on the underside of plant leaves.
- They are common in warm tropical climates.
- They are more prevalent in greenhouses.

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