Year: 2019

Argentina developing pest-resistant, GMO cotton using gene-silencing technology

  • July 19, 2019
In Argentina, the existence of the cotton weevil represents a challenge for cotton production due to the production losses it causes. Argentina’s National Institute for Agricultural and Livestock and the cotton provinces of Chaco, Formosa, Santa Fe, and Santiago del Estero have been working on the evolution of different strategies to deal with this plague. […]
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New high yielding cotton variety developed at CRI Multan

  • July 18, 2019
Cotton Research Institute (CRI) Multan has developed a new cotton variety after a decade long laborious research attempt that is high yielding and matures early at lower per acre cost. This was stated by Director CRI Multan Dr. Sagheer Ahmad in a briefing to deputy commissioner Amir Khatak and MPAs Malik Saleem Labar and Qasim […]
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Government to introduce new cotton seeds

  • July 18, 2019
The government is evolving new varieties of cotton seeds to boost production of silver fibre and bring down the cost of output, the food minister said. Minister for National Food and Research Mehboob Sultan said Pakistan Agriculture Institute, an attached department of the Ministry, is working to enhance the productivity and quality of cotton by […]
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Chinese agricultural technology to help boost Pakistan’s rice

  • July 17, 2019
The 24-year-old agrarian, who is working as a research manager at a rice farmhouse in Punjab province, is learning how to double the crop fabrication by using the Chinese hybrid rice technology. “On average we have cultivated more than 4 tons per acre rice using the hybrid technology while the traditional species yield just 2 […]
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