Category Archives: Bt Cotton et al.

GM Brinjal, Haryana

Posted on May 14, 2019 by rgeeta

What we do know:  Where? Sirsa and Fatehabad Districts, Haryana What we do not know: What? – GM brinjal – not Bt brinjal?? Whose? – Mahyco? TNAU Coimbatore? UAS Dharwar? Bangladesh? Other? 2019 05 18 Illegal GM brinjal was second crop, officials destroy … Continue reading →

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Pink bollworm on (Bt) cotton: Spurious seed? Wrong gene? Evolution? Cultivation practices?

Posted on December 5, 2015 by rgeeta

Keeping track of news on Bt cotton in India Pectinophora gossypiella (pink bollworm) is one of the pests of cotton in India, but in the past >30 years has been less important than Helicoverpa armigera (American bollworm). Following sightings in 2010 on Bt cotton … Continue reading →

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