Annual Progress Report(2017-2018)
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PAKISTAN CENTRAL COTTON COMMITTEE, MULTAN ANNUAL SUMMARY PROGRESS REPORT CENTRAL COTTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MULTAN 2017-2018 Old Shuja Abad Road Phones : - +92-61-9200340-41 Multan-60500, Pakistan Fax : - +92-61-9200342 Web: www.ccrim.org.pk Email :- [email protected] FB: www.facebook.com/ccrim.pk [email protected] ISBN : 978-969-8590-17-1 ANNUAL SUMMARY PROGRESS REPORT CENTRAL COTTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE MULTAN 2017-2018 CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................. 1 I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 6 II. WEATHER AND COTTON CROP CONDITION .............................................................. 6 1. Weather .................................................................................................................. 6 2. Cotton Crop Situation .............................................................................................. 8 III. STAFF POSITION ............................................................................................................ 11 IV. BUDGET ........................................................................................................................... 11 V. INCOME ........................................................................................................................... 11 VI. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ........................................................................................ 11 1. AGRONOMY 1.1 Effect of time of sowing on productivity of advanced genotypes ............... ..17 1.2 Effect of time of sowing on productivity of transgenic cotton ..................... ..20 1.3 Yield response and nitrogen use efficiency of transgenic vs conventional cotton genotypes to nitrogen application .............................. ..24 1.4 Cotton as relay cropping ............................................................................ ..27 1.5 Full season competitive ability of major weeds in cotton ........................... ..27 1.6 Topping and branch removal impacts on growth and yield performance of cotton in various plant spacing ......................................... 28 1.7 Cost of production per acre cotton for 2016-17 ......................................... ..30 2. PLANT BREEDING AND GENETICS 2.1 Testing of New Strains .............................................................................. ..31 2.2 Coordinated Variety Testing Programme .................................................. ..45 2.3 Testing of Commercial Varieties. .............................................................. ..50 2.4 Breeding Material ...................................................................................... 51 2.5 Maintenace of Genetic Stock of World Cotton Collection ......................... 51 2.6 Pak US-ICARDA Cotton Project-1198-1 at CCRI Multan 53 2.7 Biotechnology Group 54 2.8 National Technology Testing Trial at CCRI Multan 2017-18 54 3. CYTOGENETICS 3.1 Maintenance of Gossypium Germplasm ................................................... ..63 3.2 Hybridization .............................................................................................. ..65 3.3 Chromosal studies ..................................................................................... ..69 3.4 Performance of Filial Generations during 2017-18 .................................... ..70 3.5 Search for Aneuploids / Haploids .............................................................. ..69 3.6 Progeny Row Trial ..................................................................................... 71 3.7 Performance of New Cyto Strains ............................................................. 72 3.8 Varietal Trail .............................................................................................. 74 4. ENTOMOLOGY 4.1 Studies on Pink bollworm .......................................................................... ..76 4.2 Implications of Insecticides induced hormesis of insects .......................... ..78 4.3 Monitoring of lepidopterous pests with sex pheromone traps ................... ..79 4.4 Monitoring of lepidopterous pests with light traps ...................................... 81 4.5 National Coordinated Varietal Trial (NCVT) .............................................. 83 4.6 Host Plant Resistance studies of CCRI Strains ......................................... ..90 4.7 Insecticide resistance monitoring in Dysdercus koenigii .......................... ..95 5. PLANT PATHOLOGY 5.1 Estimation of Cotton Diseases .................................................................. ..96 5.2 Evaluation of National Technology Testing Trial against CLCuV .............. ..97 5.3 Evaluation of National Coordinated Varietal Trial (NCVT) strains against different diseases. ......................................................................... ..98 5.4 Epidemiological Studies on CLCuD ........................................................... ..99 5.5 Boll Rot of Cotton ...................................................................................... ..106 5.6 Wilt of Cotton ............................................................................................. ..107 6. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY / CHEMISTRY 6.1 Plant Nutrition ............................................................................................ .. 108 6.2 Seed Physiology ........................................................................................ .. 111 6.3 Soil-Plant-Water Relationships .....................................................................114 6.4 Heat Tolerance .......................................................................................... ..119 7. TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY 7.1 Human resource development .................................................................….123 7.2 Meetings ...................................................................................................….128 7.3 Seminars ..................................................................................................….130 7.4 MoU between ICRA and PCCC ................................................................….132 7.5 Participation in Workshop/Conferences ...................................................….132 7.6 Visitors. .....................................................................................................….133 7.7 Facebook Page ........................................................................................….133 8. FIBRE TECHNOLOGY 8.1 Testing of Lint Samples. ...........................................................................….134 8.2 Effects of Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCuD) Disease Incidence on Fibre Characteristics of Two Cotton Varieties ...................................................….134 8.3 Effect of Different Moisture Content Levels on Fibre Characteristics of Cotton .................................................................................................... ..138 8.4 Quality survey of lint samples from ginning factories in Punjab province. ...................................................................................................….140 8.5 Survey of spinning industry of Pakistan ....................................................….143 8.6 ICA-Bremen Cotton Round Test Program................................................….145 9. STATISTICS 9.1 Statistical Analysis ........................................................................................ 146 9.2 Prices of Seed Cotton and its Components ................................................ 146 VII. RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................................................... 149 VIII. PUBLICATIONS ................................................................................................................ 154 ANNEXURE-I ..................................................................................................................... 157 ANNEXURE-II .................................................................................................................... 158 ======================== Executive Summary Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI), Multan is a premier mono crop multi-disciplinary institution at national level. The Institute has contributed significantly by advancing and generating knowledge in cotton research and development since its establishment in 1970. The current “Annual Summary Progress Report for the year 2017-18” is being published on its 48th year of establishment. Over the years, the institute has advanced by developing high yielding varieties with standard fibre quality characteristics viz., staple length, fineness and strength etc. The fine tuning of production technology at the grass-root level of common farming community to the progressive farmers has made tremendous impact in enhancing cotton productivity. At the time of establishment of the Institute in 1970, the cotton productivity was 370 kg per hectare which has now risen to the level of 772 kg per hectare during the current year. The continued and untiring research endeavors of the scientists have yielded 26 cotton varieties (19 Non-Bt and 07 Bt). The introduction of efficient water use technologies i.e. bed-furrow sowing technique, identification of water stress & heat tolerant cotton varieties and other water saving techniques were advocated to the farmers to economize cotton production. One