In November, larvae enter diapauses in the bolls or in the soil until conditions become suitable for their emergence and for starting a new life cycle. Control strategy: Pink bollworm is a mono ...

As the pink bollworm infestation spreads in cotton ... typically has a short life cycle and can multiply 4-5 generations in a crop cycle, potentially threatening cotton from early stage, flower ...

Expert says MDT targets only pink bollworm’s (PBM) population cycle and other insects remain completely unharmed. MDT is duly approved by the Central Insecticide Board (CIB) of the union ...

Central Institute of Cotton Research has alerted agricultural authorities in Punjab and Haryana after it spotted larvae and pupa of the deadly pink bollworm ... reproduction cycles in the fields ...