10-21-2007, 04:51 AM
<b>Mealy bug slashes cotton output by 3.1 million bales</b> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>ISLAMABAD : Mealy bug attack on the current cotton crop is ]estimated to have slashed production by 3.1 million bales from the targeted output of 14.3 million bales for the year 2007-08, reveals a new study carried out in Punjab on the bug.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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