Comparative Efficacy of Novel Pesticides Against Jassid, Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida) on Cotton Crop under Field Conditions at Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan

Assessing the Impact of Better Cotton Production Initiatives Taken by Small Farmers in District Tando Allahyar, Sindh, Pakistan within the Context of the Circular Economy

“…The results indicate that production of cotton and manure utilization has a positive relationship with the agricultural gross domestic product of Pakistan while the area under cotton crop has a negative relationship with agriculture (GDP), of Pakistan. Sahito, et al (2016) studied relative usefulness of novel pesticide on cotton crop under field situation at district Khairpur in Pakistan. He selected five pesticides and one control plot.…”

Species composition and population dynamics of some arthropod pests in cotton fields of irrigated and semi-arid regions of Punjab, Pakistan

“…Cotton crop is attacked by a wide range of insect pests at its various phenological stages ( Sahito et al, 2017 ). Diverse pest fauna has been reported from cotton fields by different researchers ( Yunus and Yousuf, 1979 , Sarwar and Sattar, 2016 ).…”

“…Diverse pest fauna has been reported from cotton fields by different researchers ( Yunus and Yousuf, 1979 , Sarwar and Sattar, 2016 ). All these pests cause serious damage to the cotton crop either by sucking its sap or by chewing its different tender parts or by transmitting serious diseases to the plant ( Abou-Elhagag, 1998 , Sahito et al, 2017 ). For decades, chewing pests were considered as major threat to the cotton crop, but after the induction of Bt cotton and its acceptance and cultivation on large scale worldwide, the whole damaging scenario is shifted to sucking insect pests ( Ellsworth and Martinez-Carrillo, 2001 ).…”

Species composition, seasonal abundance and population dynamics of predatory spiders from cotton field plots of irrigated and semi-arid regions of Punjab, Pakistan

“…Cotton crops are susceptible to attacks from many insect pests at several phenological stages including vegetative, flowering and boll formation stages ( Nadeem et al, 2022 , Nadeem et al, 2023 , Sahito et al, 2017 ). These pests are responsible for 5–10% production losses, but under favorable conditions, they are capable of causing 40–50% damage to the overall crop yield ( Naqvi, 1976 ).…”