Cotton off season management important to eradicate threat of Pink Bollworm.

MULTAN -- Farmers should follow off-season management to protect next crop of cotton from pests and enhance per acre production, said Assistant Director Agriculture Information Abdus Samad.

In a statement issued here on Saturday, the assistant director observed that cotton was one of major crops in the country and about 70% of its total production was produced in Punjab.

"Different factors and stages play an important role in achieving good and better cotton production. In view of the attack of Pink Bollworm on the cotton crop, effective strategies can be adopted during the winter to protect the next cotton crop from the damage done by the pest," he said.

Samad further says pink bollworm goes into hibernation in December, and spends the winter asleep in seeds, leftovers on sticks, and in the rubbish of ginning factories.

"Winter hibernation depends largely on temperature. When the right temperature is reached, it causes loss to the...