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Socio-Economic Impact of Bt Cotton — A Case Study of Karnataka [PDF]
The performance Bt technology and its impact on farming community have been assessed in northern Karnataka based mainly on primary data processed using production functions, decomposition analysis and logit model.
Ichangi, Manjunath, Kiresur, V.R.
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GM cotton in China: innovation integration and seed market disintegration [PDF]
, 2007 The idea prevails that the specific advantages of Bt-cotton have permitted the successful diffusion of Genetically Modified Cotton in China. The efficiency of Bt-cotton however fluctuates between cotton production regions.
Fok, Michel, Xu, Naiyin
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Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2013 The quality of decomposing plant materials may affect the soil community structure. The aim of the study was to determine the impact of decomposing Bt cotton and its isoline on soil nematode diversity.
H. W. Karuri +3 more
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The allocation of carbon sources between cotton ovule and fibre significantly influences the yield and quality of seed and fibre. SWEET15 (Sugars Will Eventually be Exported Transporter 15) plays a key role in sucrose transport; however, the transcriptional regulation of SWEET15 in cotton remains unclear.
Yu Le +10 more
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agricultural sustainability faces serious challenges from population growth, climate change and ecological degradation. Genetic modification (GM) technology can be regarded as a precise extension of the Green Revolution, aiming to balance yield enhancement with ecological integrity through biotechnology. To systematically examine global trend,
Tongxiao Xu +4 more
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Effectiveness and chemical pest control of Bt-cotton in the Yangtze River Valley, China [PDF]
The sustainability of Bt-cotton in China, at least along Yellow River Valley, has been questioned, so this paper examines its effectiveness along Yangtze River Valley, where Bt-cotton is also widely sown, to determine what might be the factors beneath ...
Lixin Bai +3 more
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Are the economic benefits of Bt cotton sustainable? Evidence from Indian panel data [PDF]
, 2011 While several studies have shown that genetically modified Bt cotton can benefit smallholder farmers economically, the sustainability of these effects is still unclear and debated controversially between biotechnology proponents and critics.
Kathage, Jonas, Qaim, Matin
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sea Island cotton (Gossypium barbadense) produces premium‐quality fibres, yet the genetic basis underlying its fibre development remains elusive. Here, we identify two key non‐synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs, G/C and G/A) in the gene Gbar_D13G024080, which encodes the TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 209 (TMEM209). These SNPs resulted in
Kaiyun Jiang +25 more
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Economic Performance of Bt Cotton Varieties in Pakistan [PDF]
Farmers in Pakistan have been growing cotton that contains the first generation of Bt gene since 2002. The cultivation of these varieties, although formally unapproved and unregulated, increased rapidly after 2005.
Meilke, Karl D. +3 more
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The legitimation of risk and Bt cotton: a case study of Bantala village in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India [PDF]
, 2014 This article explores Ulrich Beck’s theorisation of risk society through focusing on the way in which the risk of Bt cotton is legitimated by six cultivators in Bantala, a village in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, in India.
Desmond, Elaine
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