A bollworm, Helicoverpa zea, munches down on a cotton flower bud. This pest insect eats all parts of the cotton plant. In some places, bollworm have as many as six generations in one growing season.

Let us begin at the beginning: first, the productivity of this man-made fibre is on a steep decline — affecting overall cotton production — due to the return of the pink-bollworm ... meant to control ...

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) will soon undertake the second round of field trials for pink bollworm-resistant (PBW) genetically modified (GM) cotton in the forthcoming kharif seasons ...