LAHORE, Sept 13: A data gathered by the Directorate of Pest Warning from various cotton growing districts shows that spots of mealy bug have been observed over 49.78 per cent of the crop this week as compared to 48.50 per cent traces of the pest observed last week, which obviously indicates that the bug is more widespread.
The directorate's report on the current cotton crop shows traces of mealy bug on 83.33 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation compared with 57.93 per cent last year.
The cotton crop area severely affected this year, however, is only 0.90 per cent compared to 3.31 per cent of the total crop area destroyed by the mealy bug last year.
lahore, sept 13: a data gathered by the directorate of pest warning from various cotton growing districts shows that spots of mealy bug have been ob- served over 49.78 per cent of the crop this week as compared to 48.50 per cent traces of the pest observed last week, which obvi- ously indicates that the bug is more widespread. the directorate's report on the current cotton crop shows traces of mealy bug on 83.33 per cent of the total area under cotton cultivation compared with 57.93 per cent last year. the cotton crop area severely affected this year, however, is only 0.90 per cent compared to 3.31 per cent of the total crop area destroyed by the mealy bug last year.
