LAHORE: The Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) will soon submit new cotton varieties to the Punjab Seed Council (PSC) for approval; developed by the private and public agriculture sector scientists, having resistance against pink bollworm and white fly and potential to increase the production and reducing input cost by 40 percent.
This was disclosed at a meeting of the stakeholders of research and development in cotton's latest technology held at the Agriculture House on Friday with Minister Agriculture Punjab Malik Nauman Ahmad Langrial in the chair.
The meeting discussed the research being carried out by the private and public sector organizations and observed that achieving latest technology is necessary to support the cotton crop in Pakistan. The Minister expressed his happiness that researchers are getting extra-ordinary success in cotton crop. He said that new varieties of cotton will soon be available to farmers after completing all the formalities and analysis of data.
Director General Agriculture (Extension) Dr. Anjum Ali Buttar, DG (Research) Dr. Abid Mahmood, Director Cotton Research Institute Multan Dr. Sagheer Ahmad, Chief Media Adviser Shahid Qadir and others were also present on this occasion.
Companies on this occasion briefed the meeting about some new varieties having resistance against diseases, especially pink bollworm and white fly. The Minister stressed upon the researchers to come up with new seed which could face the wrath of climate change as old cotton seeds are unable to face the changes. He hoped that new seed will see less attack by pests thus reducing the input cost.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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