Two day Annual Group Meeting 2022-23 on Cotton inaugurated at PAU
There is a need to accelerate the process of development of cotton varieties, especially in cotton hybridization program focusing on Bt genes, larger boll size, resistance to diseases and mechanical harvesting. This was stated by Dr. TR Sharma, Deputy Director General, Crop Science, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU).
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) inaugurated the two-day Annual Group Meeting 2022-23 of the All India Coordinated Research Project on Cotton (AICRP) at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). Agriculture experts from PAU along with representatives from various State Agricultural Universities and ICAR Institutes participated in the inaugural session.
Describing the universities as an important medium for releasing technology to the farmers, the ICAR expert stressed on increasing the income of the farmers through cotton lint or edible oilseeds. Dr Sharma said, “Since its introduction in 2002, Bt cotton has been playing a very important role and efforts need to be made to popularize Bt cotton varieties/hybrids and develop technologies for cotton improvement. Needed." Pointing out the issue of low cotton production and productivity, Dr. Sharma assured to release some varieties for High Density Planting System (HDPS).
Former chairman of the Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, Dr. CD Mayi, who worked in PAU 50 years ago, stressed the need for private companies to be associated with universities for the development of Bt cotton hybrids. Calling for addressing the problem of waterlogging in cotton cultivation, he said, "In North India cotton is suffering due to excess water, while in South India it is suffering due to less water." Impressing the development of HDPS hybrids of cotton, Dr. Mayi reiterated the need for integration of public-private partnership in this direction.
Director, ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai, Dr. S.K. Shukla also expressed concern over the difficulties faced during cotton harvesting and called upon the breeders to come up with HDPS hybrids as a solution. Dr. Shukla also discussed in detail the quality of cotton fiber and the parameters being adopted by the spinning industry.
Informing about the provision of 33 per cent seed subsidy to the cotton growers of Punjab in the current crop season, he said that the intervention of Bt cotton is a big success. Although the whitefly wreaked havoc on cotton growers in 2015, the pest was successfully controlled through the collective efforts of researchers, extension workers and administrators.
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