Pink Bolworm: Cotton crop is saved from Pink Sundi, scientists have drawn a trick
Cotton farmers in North India have been fighting the Pink Sundi problem for the past few years. If the worm is attacked once the crop, then the entire field is destroyed. For this reason the farmers should suffer huge financial losses. Now the solution to this problem has come out. Scientists in the Lucknow -based National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) have developed new types of cotton, neutralized by the effects of this dangerous worm.
Old technology is useless
According to scientists, in 2002, GM Cotton or BT Cotton was adopted in India. There are types such as Bolgard -1 and Bolgard -2. These types were initially effective in controlling certain insects, but their impact on Pink Sundi began to decrease. In fact, over time this insect has developed immunity towards the proteins used in these BT types. As a result, cotton yields have had a bad effect in the country. Pink Sundi spread is a serious challenge for Indian cotton farmers. But this new innovation of Enbri brought great hope.
Raised new type of expectations
To solve this serious problem, NBRI senior scientist Dr P.K. Singh and his team developed a new indigenous pesticides gene. Recently, this new technology, which was made under the leadership of Dr Singh, has been a special success against Pink Sundi in the lab tests. This new GM cotton type is not proven to be steady against these insects. Instead, other common insects, such as insects on the fall hands and leaves, also provide effective protection.
Expect relief to the farmers
Over the past four years, Pink Sundi has severely affected cotton crops in states like Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. For example, in 2023, cotton was cultivated in 16 lakh hectares in these states. At the same time, in 2024 it was only reduced to 10 lakh hectares. Pink leaves Sundi larvae in a cotton ball. It causes fluffy deterioration and the color of cotton deteriorates. For this reason, both its quality and market values come. According to experts, if this type is adapted on a large scale, then the product will not only increase the cost of pesticides and relieve the cost of pesticides.
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