{"id":15353,"date":"2023-09-29T10:10:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T04:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15353"},"modified":"2025-04-03T10:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:44:43","slug":"pbw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pbw\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Bollworm (PBW)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Pink Bollworm (PBW)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is one of the\u00a0<strong>most destructive pests of cotton.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> Originally\u00a0<strong>native to India<\/strong>, it is now recorded in nearly all the cotton-growing countries of the world.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Description:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The adults are small moths about 3\/8 inch long and are dark brown with markings on the fore wing.<\/li>\n<li>The larval stage is the destructive and identifiable stage.<\/li>\n<li>The larvae\u00a0<strong>have distinctive pink bands<\/strong> and can reach a length of \u00bd inches right before they pupate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecological Threat:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Adults lay eggs on cotton bolls; once hatched, the larvae eat the seeds and damage the fibers of the cotton, reducing the yield and quality.<\/li>\n<li>When the larvae mature, they cut out the boll and drop to the ground and cocoon near the soil surface.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It has also been observed\u00a0<strong>to attack hibiscus, okra, and hollyhock plants.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The PBW larvae\u00a0<strong>burrow into the developing fruits<\/strong> (bolls) of cotton plants, and the damage affects both\u00a0<strong>the weight and quality<\/strong> of the harvested bolls containing the lint fibre and seeds inside.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Hibiscus?<\/h3>\n<p>Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. It is a diverse group of plants that includes both tropical and subtropical species known for their colorful and attractive flowers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/rajasthan-haryana-pest-havoc-cotton-fields-8960994\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">From Rajasthan to Haryana, a pest is wreaking havoc on cotton fields<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pink bollworm (PBW)  is one of the most destructive pests of cotton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}