Miscellaneous

Herbicide-tolerant BT cotton

October 10 , 2024 13 hrs 0 min 16 0

The government is promoting Herbicide-tolerant BT (HTBT) cotton to reduce the use of herbicide 'glyphosate'.
'Glyphosate' is designed to kill all plants coming into contact with it, the chemical cannot ordinarily distinguish between crop and weed.
The use of glyphosate involves health hazards and risk to human beings and animals.
The HTBt cotton variant adds another layer of modification, making the plant resistant to the herbicide glyphosate.