Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 24, Issue 9, Page 5013-5040, September 2026.ABSTRACT Sugar crops, including but not limited to sugarcane, sugar beet, sweet sorghum and stevia, are major sources of sugar production in the world. However, conventional breeding approaches, limited by long breeding cycles, low efficiency and restricted capacity to improve complex traits in sugar crops, are increasingly insufficient to address the ...
Peilin Wang +7 more
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A Comparative Analysis of Production and Marketing of Bt Cotton and Hybrid Cotton in Saurashtra Region of Gujarat State [PDF]
The study has revealed that the total cost per hectare is higher in Bt cotton than hybrid cotton. The cost of seeds has been found higher in Bt cotton, whereas hybrid cotton growers incur more cost on insecticides/ pesticides.
Fadadu, A.M. +2 more
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Evaluation Of Bt Cotton Hybrids South Zone 2007-08 [PDF]
, 2008 uploaded by Dr. M. SabeshThe All India Coordinated Cotton Improvement Project of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research was assigned the task of evaluating the performance of Bt cotton hybrids in South Zone during 2007-08. In the first year intra-
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Refuges of conventional host plants counter dominant resistance of cotton bollworm to transgenic Bt cotton. [PDF]
iScience, 2023 Guan F +8 more
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Plant, Cell &Environment, Volume 49, Issue 9, Page 6748-6764, September 2026.ABSTRACT Global warming and increasing water scarcity pose major challenges to agriculture, emphasising the need to translate stress‐biology insights into the development of drought‐resilient cultivars. In this study, we evaluated a panel of six diverse sorghum (Sorghum bicolour) accessions grown under field‐imposed drought conditions in central ...
Li'ang Yu +9 more
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Diffusion of Bt Cotton in India: Impact of Seed Prices and Technological Development [PDF]
Recent studies in the literature examining impact of government seed price intervention on adoption of Bt cotton get different results depending on the specifics of the situation analyzed.
Arora, Anchal, Bansal, Sangeeta
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Factors Affecting Population Dynamics of Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in a Mixed Landscape with Bt Cotton and Peanut. [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Santos IBD +5 more
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Detecting Chestnut Ink Diseases Through the Dog's Sense of Smell: From Laboratory to Forest
Plant Pathology, Volume 75, Issue 5, September‐October 2026.Canine olfactory abilities were used to distinguish chestnut ink disease caused by Phytophthora spp. A trained detection dog, conditioned with polymer tubes carrying pathogen‐derived volatile organic compounds (VOCs), first detected Phytophthora‐infected roots under controlled conditions and then in chestnut orchards, demonstrating a non‐invasive ...
Francesca Carloni +8 more
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The Diffusion of Bt Cotton and the Economic Impact on Producers [PDF]
The objective is to present the economic impact of producers adopting Bt cotton and the rapid diffusion on the main producing countries: USA, China and India.
Juarez, M.I.
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Pesticide Reduction Sustainability of Bt Technology in India [PDF]
The primary focus of the study is the changes that occurred in the pesticide-use structure of cotton production sector of India, owing to the diffusion of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) technology.
Krishna, Vijesh V., Qaim, Matin
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