Agriculture
- Growers Urged To Complete Sunflower Sowing
Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) has warned the growers to immediately complete sunflower sowing as further delay will result in lower per acre yield. A spokesman of the Department said here on Monday that best time for spring plantation of sunflower...
- Pest Threat To Sindh`s Cotton Crop
Author: Mohammad Hussain Khan As cotton farmers in Sindh begin crop picking, they have a reason to worry: pests like mealybug, thrips and pink bollworm have started attacking patches of their farmland. In lower Sindh, where cotton is sown early, picking...
- Top 10 Insect Pests Of Cotton In Pakistan
Insects represent a widely studied group of arthropods having diversity in their habitat and life forms. Adaptation of insects may be directly correlated with the successful evolution history. Scientists are working day and night to find the successful...
- Turkey To Help Pakistan For Producing Quality Seeds
Turkey will help Pakistan in producing quality seeds and the agriculture scientists of both countries will get benefits from the research of each other in this connection. Talking to APP here Sunday, a spokesman of the Agriculture department told that...
- Paddy Plantation In Full Swing In Punjab
Friday, July-12-2013 The paddy plantation is in full swing in the rice growing districts of the province after recent rains in the central Punjab, Director General Punjab Agriculture Extension Services Dr Anjum Ali told Business Recorder. He said climate...
Agriculture
Army worm, aphid attack: experts warn cotton growers
Friday, July 19, 2013
Punjab Agriculture Department has warned the growers on Thursday that chances of attack of army worm and aphid on cotton crop have increased due to recent rains. Agricultural experts said that growers can save their crops from damages from these insects by developing their skills to recognise these and knowing the preventive and eradication steps. 
Experts also suggest that growers should spray recommended pesticides when attack of these pests reach economic threshold. A spokesman of the provincial agriculture department said that the experts have also recommended to make spray with intervals to eradicate weeds from the water courses.
Source: Business RecorderExperts also suggest that growers should spray recommended pesticides when attack of these pests reach economic threshold. A spokesman of the provincial agriculture department said that the experts have also recommended to make spray with intervals to eradicate weeds from the water courses.- Growers Urged To Complete Sunflower Sowing
Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) has warned the growers to immediately complete sunflower sowing as further delay will result in lower per acre yield. A spokesman of the Department said here on Monday that best time for spring plantation of sunflower...
- Pest Threat To Sindh`s Cotton Crop
Author: Mohammad Hussain Khan As cotton farmers in Sindh begin crop picking, they have a reason to worry: pests like mealybug, thrips and pink bollworm have started attacking patches of their farmland. In lower Sindh, where cotton is sown early, picking...
- Top 10 Insect Pests Of Cotton In Pakistan
Insects represent a widely studied group of arthropods having diversity in their habitat and life forms. Adaptation of insects may be directly correlated with the successful evolution history. Scientists are working day and night to find the successful...
- Turkey To Help Pakistan For Producing Quality Seeds
Turkey will help Pakistan in producing quality seeds and the agriculture scientists of both countries will get benefits from the research of each other in this connection. Talking to APP here Sunday, a spokesman of the Agriculture department told that...
- Paddy Plantation In Full Swing In Punjab
Friday, July-12-2013 The paddy plantation is in full swing in the rice growing districts of the province after recent rains in the central Punjab, Director General Punjab Agriculture Extension Services Dr Anjum Ali told Business Recorder. He said climate...