CSIRO scientists helped develop this insect-resistant cotton variety, using a gene derived from a soil bacteria, Bacillus ...

So shouldn't the government be encouraging cultivation of BT cotton -- high yield and pest resistant variety? Is biotechnology really an answer to our cotton problem? Every one in the cotton value ...

Uncertified seed supply is rampant in the markets exploiting farming community in the name of Bt cotton at exorbitant rates. Thus the farmers at present face two types of financial losses ...

"There are only two benefits of Bt cotton. One, it controls bollworm, due to which the yield is protected. Two, it reduces use of insecticides meant for bollworm control. Currently, cotton growers ...

Despite a Parliamentary Panel recently seeking a ban on production of genetically modified crops in the country, Bt cotton cultivation continues to grow in new areas of Rajasthan. And with it ...

Table 1 Expenditure, yield, revenue and net revenue for each cotton ... Bt G. hirsutum or G. arboreum in their fields, we considered as main reasons the ones that were given by more than one ...

The Indian tricolour may have lost its indigenous connection with the ‘desi’ cotton variety, with the use of Bt cotton — a proprietary ... marking — range from one-and-a-half inch x ...

Then, it took a bold decision on March 26, 2002 to legally allow planting of Bt cotton, the first GM crop of India and the only one so far. He extended the original slogan of ‘Jai Jawan ...

Bt cotton has increased yields in India but may be exacerbating underlying problems for small farmers. Skip to content Bringing science & development together through news & analysis Menu Close Search ...

India’s cotton output is expected to be the lowest in 14 years. While weather is one reason not in our control ... with prosecutorial zeal. Govt keeps Bt cotton price unchanged at Rs 730 ...

one would have expected Keshav Raj Kranthi to take a patrician view and give fair credit to the private sector for introducing genetically-modified Bt cotton seed technology in 2002, and making ...

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