US, Pakistani Scientists Collaborate to Protect Cotton from CLCV
April 17, 2013| |
A delegation of American cotton scientists visited Pakistan to review progress and plan new strategies with Pakistani counterparts to fight the Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCV), a devastating disease that affects cotton yields in Pakistan and caused the loss of an estimated 1.5 million bales or 15 percent of this year's total harvest.
The team visited labs in Lahore and Faisalabad and observed experimental disease resistant cotton breeds grown in greenhouses provided by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The visit is part of a multi-year collaboration with Pakistani scientists to develop cotton seed resistant to the CLCV.
Dr. Brian Scheffler USDA's Lead Scientist in the Cotton Productivity Enhancement Program (CPEP) was impressed with the progress that Pakistani counterparts at the National Agriculture Research Institute (NARC), the University of Punjab Institute Of Agricultural Sciences, the Central Cotton Institute in Multan and Sakarand and others had made. Pakistani scientists are painstakingly testing thousands of samples of cotton germplasm to find a high-yielding cotton seed variety that provides protection from CLCV.
Check out PAKISSAN.com or http://www.pabic.com.pk/US,%20Pakistani%20scientists%20work%20together%20to%20protect%20cotton%20from%20disease.html for the full article.
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