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BT Cotton Varieties Must Be Sown Till May 31

Faizan Hashmi Published May 16, 2018 | 11:15 PM

BT cotton varieties must be sown till May 31

Cotton growers have been advised to complete the sowing of BT varieties as soon as possible and maximum by May 31

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th May, 2018 ) :Cotton growers have been advised to complete the sowing of BT varieties as soon as possible and maximum by May 31. A spokesman of Punjab Agriculture department said here on Wednesday that BT cotton varieties include FH-142, IUB-13, MNH-988, CIM-600, IM-598, AGC-999, AGC-777, MNH886, VH305, VH259, Nayyab 878, Sitara 11, BH-178, CIM 602, FH LALAZAR, FH114 and UGC-09.

He said growers must sow non-BT varieties on at least 10 percent of land along with BT varieties so that worms might not develop resistance against BT varieties.

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