PINK BOLLWORM ON THE PROWL!
The pink bollworm is a larvae that burrows into cotton bolls to feed
on the cotton seeds and in the process it destroys the cotton lint.
This feeding damage allows other insects and fungi to enter the
boll and cause additional damage. When the larva exits the cotton
boll it leaves a perfectly round and clean cut exit hole which is
diagnostic of pink bollworm damage.
insects and parasites that devour
pink boll worms and destroying of
crop residue and trash in the field.
Explaining the importance of IPM,
Mr N M Sharma, managing director
of Gujarat Cotton Cooperative
Federation, says that the pupa of
PBW which is a monophagous
pest that feeds only on Cotton,
has a tendency, where its pupa
intelligently hides underground
during winters and then emerge
out to attack Cotton crop with
vengeance.
The resurgent pink bollworm has
led to the expression of serious
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