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Benefits in Punjab due to BT Cotton adoption
June 25 , 2021
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- The Researchers in India recently conducted one study funded by Agricultural Extension Division of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
- It was done under an extramural project named “Impact evaluation of integrated pest management technologies”.
- The study says that,
- The use of highly hazardous & riskiest insecticides has reduced over time.
- Expenses associated with insecticide use have also reduced.
- Cotton yields in the past 13 years have been stable, except in 2015.
- BT cotton is a genetically modified pest resistant plant cotton variety.
- BT toxins are insecticidal to larvae of moths, butterflies, cotton bollworms, beetles and flies.
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