by Zhao Xiaopeng
Muhammad Shahid Iqbal and his supervisor Dr. Du Xiong Ming visiting the research field in Anyang city, Henan Province of Central China [Photo/CE.cn]
“While Pakistan is still struggling to cope with the problems of insect pests, diseases, fiber quality and yield in the cotton industry, China has already made a significant breakthrough to overcome these problems long ago, so I feel very lucky to be part of the Pakistan-China joint research program aimed at cotton improvement especially for fiber quality and yield, which is beneficial to both countries,” Muhammad Shahid Iqbal told China Economic Net.