This document features a legion of referenced and compelling independent studies that confirm Bt cotton has transformed cotton production in India by decreasing insecticide applications, increasing yield and through socio-economic and welfare benefits.
While the Centre on Monday said the area under Bt cotton is estimated to have expanded to 90 per cent of the total area sown under cotton in 2010-11, several non-government organisations alleged th
Even as the government remains undecided over the commercial release of Bt brinjal, Bt cotton now constitutes about 90 per cent of the total cotton crop in the country.
Firms keep govt in the dark over conducting experiments, he says
Agriculture Minister Umesh Katti has declared that the Government will not allow trials of genetically modified (GM) crops in the State.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday in Bangalore, the Minister said Karnataka had opposed Bt brinjal, and if media reports on Bt maize and Bt paddy trials in Bijapur and Koppal were true, the Gov
New Delhi Since the introduction of genetically modified (GM) cotton crop, which accounts more than 90% in the total area under cotton in the country, there has been a fear of genetic erosion and loss of biodiversity, a group of reputed cotton breeders have expressed.
While acknowledging the fact that after introduction of GM cotton seeds in 2002 the country
Following the decision of 14 states giving a categorical no to Bt brinjal, states have now come down hard on the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) stressing that they must be consulted before any private sector agency is allowed to conduct trials for genetically modified crops.
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has led the charge when he informed minister of environment Jairam Rames
The ladybird beetle, Coleomegilla maculata (DeGeer), is a common and abundant predator in many cropping systems. Its larvae and adults are predaceous, feeding on aphids, thrips, lepidopteran larvae and plant tissues, such as pollen.
This article studies the development of the Non-Pesticidal Management Project (NPM) that emerged in the late 1980s in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district of the semi-arid region Telengana as a response to accumulating agrarian distress, when chemical pesticides did not help to counter massive pest infestations.
Fitness costs of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops occur in the absence of Bt toxins, when individuals with resistance alleles are less fit than individuals without resistance alleles.
