After floods, pink bollworm infestation affects cotton crop in Gujarat

Farmers fear additional loss in cotton and production by 20% from pink bollworm infestation

If the recent torrential rains and floods were not enough to impact 30 per cent loss in sowing of cotton and groundnut, Gujarat, along with states like Rajasthan and Punjab is witnessing an onslaught of the pink bollworm.

Farmers and traders fear an additional loss in cotton and production by 20 per cent from the pink bollworm infestation in the fields, thereby restricting arrivals and pushing up prices ahead of the new crop year which begins in late September.

The pink bollworm infestation coupled with recent floods could lead to an overall fall in production of at least 30-40 per