PAU holds field trials to approve new pink bollworm-resistant cotton seed
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) will soon undertake the second round of field trials for pink bollworm-resistant (PBW) ...
How a ‘Pest Pathshala’ is helping cotton farmers overcome their fear of pink bollworm
A pesticide-free technique which is economically viable, environment-friendly and gives more yield gains ground in Punjab, ...
Concerns expressed on contamination in Indian cotton
AGM 2025 focuses on Bt cotton, Narasimha variety, reducing imports, and improving cotton quality to meet international ...
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NBRI develops GM cotton resistant to pink bollworm
"Since the implementation of GM cotton in India in 2002, varieties such as Bollgard 1 and Bollgard 2, developed jointly with Monsanto of St. Louis, US, have effectively controlled certain bollworm ...
No pink bollworm-resistant seeds may derail Punjab’s big cotton push plans
Agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian has asked the department to make efforts for increasing area under the crop and ...
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Vidarbha farmers demand HTBt cotton seeds to improve yield
Addressing the media, a group of cotton farmers of Vidarbha put forth the demand, saying that the pink bollworm, a major threat to cotton crop, has become resistant to the Cry1Ac toxin produced by ...
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No pink bollworm-resistant seeds may derail Punjab’s big cotton push plans
Profits from cotton have reduced with the passage time ... because last season there was negligible infestation of white fly, pink bollworm, in comparison to the previous years.