Ninety-One Million Mu Of Insect Resistant Cotton Introduced Successfully, A Good Harvest Is In Sight.

Insect resistant cotton is good. Cotton is not only without Helicoverpa armigera, but also has high boll setting rate, big bell and heavy bolls, and the yield of 400 kg should be no problem.

In July 28th, in the ninety-one regiment Sanlian, 14 Farms and one field cotton field, Huo Yonghong, pointing to his own insect resistant cotton "Ji 958" cotton, could not conceal his happiness.

This year the ninety-one regiment introduced more than 10000 mu "Ji 958" insect resistant cotton. After careful management by the staff and workers, it showed a good high yield performance, not only the cotton field was not harming by cotton bollworm, but the cost per mu could be saved by about 20 yuan, and the boll setting rate was high, boll size and boll weight were high.

In the cotton field of fire Yonghong, there are more than 7 bolls per plant, and the boll setting rate is twice that of the control varieties.

The ninety-one regiment and last year introduced the trial of insect resistant cotton "Ji 958" 40 mu, and reached a yield of 400 kg in the year of great calamity.

This year, the regiment introduced the "Hebei 958" one generation of more than 10000 species of good seed. On the basis of early sowing, we should pay close attention to chemical control and water and fertilizer management, so that the high yield performance of the variety can be brought into full play.

In recent years, the damage of cotton bollworm has been increasing gradually in the ninety-one regiment, which not only increases the production cost of workers, but also increases the difficulty of prevention and control because of the characteristics of the cotton bollworm at night. Although increasing the intensity of biocontrol and chemical control, it is still the main pest in cotton fields.

According to Zhong Qizhuang, director of the ninety-one regiment agriculture department, the insect resistant cotton "Ji 958" was introduced from the scientific research units in Hebei province. It belongs to the middle and long staple cotton series. It is not only resistant to insect pests but also has fine cotton varieties with long pile length and high yield.