Bt cotton Current Affairs, GK & News
Study: Benefits in Punjab due to BT Cotton adoption
As per recent study in Punjab, adoption of BT cotton in Punjab has resulted in net economic and environmental benefits. About BT Cotton BT cotton is a genetically modified organism (GMO) or genetically modified pest resistant plant cotton variety. It produces an insecticide to combat bollworm. BT toxins are insecticidal to larvae of moths, butterflies, ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Bacillus thuringiensis cotton • Bt cotton • Cotton • Cotton bollworm • Success of BT in Punjab
Telangana Govt bans Glyphosate
The Telangana Government recently imposed a total ban on Glyphosate. About Glyphosate The Glyphosate is a controversial herbicide usually use to kill weeds in cotton farms. The usage of Glyphosate is banned because it is carcinogenic. Also, it is being banned to control the illegal cultivation of HTBt cotton. Glyphosate is absorbed through foliage (plant ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture • Bt cotton • GEAC • Genetically Modified • Glyphosate • Herbicide • HTBt Cotton • Telangana government • weedicide
GM Crop: White Flies Resistant Cotton Field Trials begins
The National Botanical Research Institute developed pest resistant cotton variety. The cotton variety is to be field tested at the Center of Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana. Need In 2015, the whiteflies devastated more than two-third cotton crops in Punjab. Of all the crops, cotton is the worst hit by whiteflies. Whiteflies are considered as the ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture • Bt cotton • Crop damages • Genetically modified crops • GM Crops • Natural Pest controllers • Nepal • Research and Development
Is Marathwada Undergoing Desertification?
The experts have warned that the Marathwada region of Maharashtra is heading towards desertification due to the policy-induced failures. The Groundwater Surveys show that the water table had dropped alarmingly in 70 of the 76 talukas and more than 25 have reported a drop of more than two metres. Why the disaster is Man-made? Of ..
Topics: Bt cotton • Cereals • cropping pattern • Desertification • drought-resistant • Maharashtra • Marathwada • oilseeds • Soybean • Sugarcane • Water Crisis
Pink Bollworm Infestation and Bt Cotton
India is the only Bt cotton-growing country facing the problem of pink bollworm infestation. Even though Bollgard 2, or BG-2, Monsanto’s second generation insecticidal technology for cotton, was supposed to protect crops against the pink bollworm, the pest has grown resistant to the toxins produced by this trait. As a result, farmers now spend more ..
Topics: Agricultural pest insects • Agriculture • Bacillus thuringiensis • Bollworm • Bt cotton • Cotton • Cotton bollworm • Insects • Lepidoptera • Monsanto • Pink bollworm