The Punjab Agriculture Department has destroyed 500 cotton bolls affected by pink bollworm in the province under its campaign to destroy the cotton bolls affected by different pests launched on November 3, said a spokesman of the department here on Sunday.
The campaign was participated by students, people attached with pesticide business, employees of the agriculture department and farmers which would prove helpful in saving the next cotton crop from attack of these pests.
The spokesman terming the off-season cotton management formula given by the department as very effective, has urged the growers to follow the guidelines of these formula as it will reduce their input cost as a result of lower use of pesticides besides improving the quality of cotton produced.