Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCV
) mainly spreads due to attack of Whitefly which serves as mediator of this disease.
He said in case of attack of Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCV
), farmers should start application of fertilizer particularly Magnesium could mitigate impact of the disease.
Genetic diversity among upland cotton genotypes for different economic traits and response to cotton leaf curl virus (CLCV
occur due to consistent sucking of whitefly (Malik et al., 1999).
Meanwhile, a year ago from flood CLCv
(5) disease outbreak also damaged the cotton crop of Pakistan.
Dr Saleem Haider, Director, Institute of Agriculture Sciences and Dr Idrees Ahmad Nasir, Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB) have developed a miraculous CLCV
resistant cotton plant.
The decrease in cultivated area and production is attributed to loss in area under cultivation due to floods, widespread attack of Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCV
) and sucking.
The best examples are the experiences with the major outbreaks of the Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCV
) in early 1990s, Burewala Strain of Cotton Virus and Mealy Bug in the beginning of 2000s which have done colossal damage to cotton crop.
According to them, the heavy rain would eliminate the Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCV
), which has been causing immense damage to cotton.
He emphasised the need to tackle Cotton Curl Leaf Virus issue (CLCV
) at the earliest otherwise no technology would remain useful for Pakistan.
The agriculturists who questioned the five percent low cotton production in the Punjab was due to high temperature and severe attack of CLCV
. They charged that authorities imported once again contaminated, untreated and sick Bt cotton.
(4.) Tom Adams, Chairman, CLCV
Board, Comments at SB 375 Press