The pink bollworm pest destroyed cotton crops in the US for a century. A collaborative biotechnology program helped stamp it ...

From the Agriculture Department last week came an alarming note. The pink bollworm, “the most threatening insect pest of American cotton,” is doing more damage “to the 1952 cotton crop ...

Cotton farmers in Arizona started planting genetically modified cotton in 1996 in an effort to eradicate an invasive species of moth from Asia or Austrailia known as the pink bollworm.

THE cotton crop is hit by many pests but pink bollworm is its worst enemy which not only causes loss to crop but also affects the lint quality. The economic loss it inflicts is heavier than the ...

Thanks to the ingenuity of Arizona farmers and scientists using environmentally-friendly methods, U.S.-grown cotton is free of its major non-native pest, the pink bollworm. The victory in the more ...

Visakhapatnam: The dreaded pest, pink bollworm, that gave nightmares to cotton farmers in the state a decade ago is back in Andhra Pradesh. Farmers in the state’s cotton growing districts like ...

Nagpur : There are alarming reports of sudden surge in pink bollworm attack on standing crop in cotton belt of western Vidarbha, mainly in Yavatmal and Amravati districts. Initial estimates put ...

Sirsa: Haryana agriculture department officials have confirmed a pink bollworm outbreak on cotton crop in the fields of Sirsa district adjoining Punjab. Officials have advised farmers to take ...

Mumbai: The pink bollworm has again attacked cotton plants in Maharashtra this year, causing concern among farmers and the state government. The pest had caused large-scale damage to the cotton ...

THE cotton crop is hit by many pests but pink bollworm is its worst enemy which not only causes loss to crop but also affects the lint quality. The economic loss it inflicts is heavier than the ...