Advisory for farmers to control whitefly attack on vegetables

District

FAISALABAD:The agriculture experts advised growers to take immediate steps to control an

attack of whitefly on vegetable crops.

According to a spokesman for the agriculture department, whitefly remains active and its attack

is witnessed at vegetable crops when cotton crops are not present in the fields.

The growers should conduct pest scouting of their crops twice in a week so that pest attacks,

including whitefly, could be controlled, he added.

The farmers could get guidance, help and information from agri helpline and the

office, he added.

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