Major threat to highly productive cotton belt of North India is Cotton Leaf Curl Disease exclusively transmitted by whitefly (Bemisia tabaci). The present investigation was carried out at Research farm of department of Agricultural Meteorology, CCS HAU, Hisar Haryana, to evaluate progression of CLCuD and whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) in relation to weather parameters. Three Bt -cotton hybrids were sown at three different dates. Per cent CLCuD incidence increases continuously from appearance to picking. |
