bollworm in A Sentence

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    The cotton Bollworm causes enormous losses.

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    There's no doubt that the Bollworms are back,” Dr.

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    Pink Bollworm causes damage during winters, only in the first 130-140 days after sowing.

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    In the ICAR-ICSR meetings, scientists pondered over the options to control the Bollworms.

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    Farmers in the region are now worried about a repeat of last year's pink Bollworm attack.

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    The cotton crop is extensively damaged by the Bollworm larvae of the moths Earias and Platyedra.

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    The 2018 study warned that pink Bollworm“if left unchecked” can cause“serious implications for the cotton sector in India”.

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    Ushering in a revolution of sorts, the magic seed is eliminating the menace of the Bollworm, besides increasing yield.

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    Indian farmers have adopted genetically-modified seeds known as Bt cotton that are resistant to Bollworms but it hasn't stopped infestations.

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    Studies between 2013 and 2015 of Indian Council of Agricultural Research and CICR concluded that pink Bollworm had developed resistance to Bollgard-II.

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    In some villages, a further advisory was issued to plough and level the land after harvest to ensure complete destruction of Bollworms.

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    But many farmers have said that Bollworms still attacked their crops this year, which led them to increase their use of pesticides.

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    When the first reports of pink Bollworm infestation surfaced in Gujarat in 2010, it was in a very small area and on BG-I cotton.

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    In February 2018, the Maharashtra government brought out the first set of guidelines delineating eligibility criteria and reparation amount for cotton farmers who suffered crop loss in 2017-18 due to Bollworm attack.

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    Bollgard-II(Bt-II) is a technology wherein two Bt proteins(crystal toxins- cry1Ac and cry2Ab) contained in a cotton seed have enhanced capacity to ward off three types of Bollworms- American, spotted and pink Bollworm.

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