Cotton leaf curl virus (CLCV) has no remedy and if any one claims its treatment he would only be misguiding farmers, said District Officer Agriculture (DOA) here on Tuesday. DOA, Rana Munir said that all cotton plants, including those affected by the virus, were sprouting due to the fall in temperature after recent rains.
The present month was very crucial for the cotton crop as it bears fruit these days, he added. "If the army bollworm attacks the cotton plant then one litre of chloro pyriphos mixed with 100 litre water should be sprayed on the crop," he explained, adding that the use of water should be minimum while combating American and spotted bollworm. He urged the growers to remove weeds and spray the pest infested fields at the earliest so that the damage was minimised.
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