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Nature and Performance of Bt Cotton vs. Non-Bt Cotton in Gujarat

2016
In this chapter, the socio-agro economic profile of selected 180 sample households is given based on the analysis of farm level survey data collected for cotton season 2004–2005. Districts of Rajkot and Vadodara were selected for the study and from each selected district, 90 sample households comprising 45 Bt cotton growers and 45 non-Bt HB cotton ...
Vasant P. Gandhi, Dinesh Jain
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Nature and Performance of Bt Cotton vs. Non-Bt Cotton in Maharashtra

2016
The chapter provides the findings and analysis on various features such as varieties of cotton cultivated, pest resistance, pesticide use, input use, performance, and the economics, comparing Bt and Non-Bt cotton.
Vasant P. Gandhi, Dinesh Jain
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Ecological Impact of Bt Cotton

Journal of New Seeds, 2003
Abstract An overview of the ecological impact of transgenic crops, especially Bt cotton, is given in this paper. Crops expressing insecticidal crystal protein (ICP) genes from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) were among the first transgenic products approved for commercial use in the USA and several other countries.
Allan E. Zipf, Kanniah Rajasekaran
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Nature and Performance of Bt Cotton vs. Non-Bt Cotton Across the States

2016
In Andhra Pradesh, cotton is a very important crop and stands at the third place in terms of area cultivated. Over the past two and half decades there had been a significant increase in the area under cotton in the state. Cotton has been grown under both irrigated and unirrigated conditions and the latter dominates.
Vasant P. Gandhi, Dinesh Jain
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Nature and Performance of Bt Cotton vs. Non-Bt Cotton in Andhra Pradesh

2016
As a backdrop for the study, this chapter is aimed at examining the area under Bt cotton and non-Bt cotton, cotton varieties used by the sample households, average seed cost, pesticides used in Bt and Non-Bt cotton and their cropping pattern basing on the sample data.
Vasant P. Gandhi, Dinesh Jain
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Cotton bollworm resistance to Bt transgenic cotton: A case analysis

Science China Life Sciences, 2010
Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) is one of the most serious insect pests of cotton. Transgenic cotton expressing Cry toxins derived from a soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), has been produced to target this pest. Bt cotton has been widely planted around the world, and this has resulted in efficient control of bollworm populations with ...
ChenXi, Liu, YunHe, Li, YuLin, Gao, ChangMing, Ning, KongMing, Wu   +4 more
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Nature and Performance of Bt Cotton vs. Non-Bt Cotton in Tamil Nadu

2016
This chapter presents the sampling used for the study. The sample households consisted of 90 Bt cotton cultivators and 90 Non Bt cotton cultivators. The Bt as well as Non Bt cotton cultivators had been selected from seven villages in Salem and Perambalur districts.
Vasant P. Gandhi, Dinesh Jain
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Bt corn and Bt cotton: Valuable tools for IPM

Crops & Soils, 2017
The widespread implementation of Bt crops has decreased insecticide use and increased crop yields, but it must be used in an integrated pest management (IPM) approach to protect the crop from pest species that are not susceptible to the Bt toxin and to manage resistance to preserve this valuable technology.
Will Hamel, Peter Werts, Thomas Green
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Agronomic Performance of Bt and Non Bt Cotton hybrids

Madras Agricultural Journal, 2009
An investigation on three Bt cotton hybrids was carried out for their agronomic performance with their counterparts non Bt hybrids at the Department of Cotton, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during winter season of 2007-2008 along with hybrid cotton Savitha. The results indicated that all the Bt entries recorded higher seed cotton yield
Rajendren K., Mohamed Amanullah M., Vaiyapuri K.   +2 more
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India investigates Bt cotton claims

Nature, 2012
Research council launches probe into how Monsanto gene ended up in its indigenous transgenic cotton.
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