Agriculture officials have urged the growers not to leave cotton crop water stressed because it was passing through an important growth phase, the flower and fruit stage. EDO agriculture Sardar Mohammad Akbar Khan told participants of a mega farmers training programme at Kotli Najabat village of Shujabad that cotton growers should pay special attention to application of water at this stage and keep the fields clean from weeds and pests, says a release issued by media liaison unit of Punjab agriculture department here Monday.
