A newly-emerging disease, caused by Tobacco Streak Virus(TSV) and affecting the BT cotton crop, is creating panic among farmers in Kurnool and Nandyal districts, where pink bollworm is already wreaking havoc causing severe yield loss.
The BT cotton, grown in 4 hectares, is one of the major crops in the undivided district of Kurnool. The Tobacco Streak Virus is affecting approximately 10% to 15% of the total cropped area of cotton in Kurnool.
“At present, the incidence is concentrated in Gudur, Kodumuru, Emmiganur madals of Kurnool district and Atmakur and Nandyal mandals of Nandyal district,” said scientists of Regional Agricultural Research Station(RARS), Nandyal.
