Cotton crop in Punjab comes under whitefly attack

Cotton plantations in Punjab have come under a major ‘Whitefly’ attack, triggering fears of a massive yield loss in the Kharif crop in the State.With cotton growing areas witnessing the “worst” attack of whiteflies in past five years, experts are blaming humid weather conditions for the widespread attack.
Whitefly attack has hit cotton crop in several areas of the state, which will impact the overall yield of the crop.Because of the whitefly attack, cotton growers are going to suffer heavy losses.
Whitefly is a plant-sucking pest. It has damaged most of the cotton crop in Punjab and to a large extent in Haryana (and in Rajasthan Ganganagar district). The crop loss due to this is estimated at 40-50 per cent of the total or 1.5 to two million bales (a bale is 170 kg). The Haryana and Punjab governments had set up a committee of experts to study the impact and find solutions.

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