The Punjab Seed Council (PSC) in its 53rd meeting on Thursday approved 10 new varieties of different agricultural commodities including nine varieties of Olive and one BT cotton namely FH-444.
In all 25 new varieties were introduced in the meeting which was chaired by the Punjab Minister for Agriculture Malik Nauman Ahmad Langrial. The meeting was convened by the Council in line with the Prime Minister’s Agricultural Emergency Program, aimed at approving new varieties of crops which can withstand severe weather conditions and have strong immunity against diseases, said Malik Nauman Ahmad Langrial.
The Minister congratulated the agricultural scientists on the preparation of new varieties
