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Historical Work To Combat With Cotton Leaf Curl by Ghulam Sarwar is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes the historical work to combat cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) in Pakistan. CLCuD was first reported in 1912 and has since caused two major outbreaks in Pakistan over the past three decades. Efforts were made in the late 1990s to develop resistant cotton varieties through conventional breeding, but a new virus strain broke resistance in 2001-2002. Currently no completely resistant varieties exist, but some varieties show tolerance. Ongoing work uses traditional breeding combined with
- Author
- Ghulam Sarwar
- Language
- EN