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M.Sc. (Ag.) Course SeminarM.Sc. (Ag.) Course Seminar
THE SCIENCE BEHIND THETHE SCIENCE BEHIND THEDEVELOPMENT OF Bt COTTONDEVELOPMENT OF Bt COTTON
Speaker:Koteswara Rao. PotlaM.Sc. (Ag.) FinalSupervisor :Prof. L. C. PrasadCo-supervisor :Prof. J. P. Lal
Dept. of Genetics & Pl. BreedingInst. Of Agril. Sciences,Banaras Hindu University
 
Cotton is a leading commercial fiber crop
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India-
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Has largest area under cotton cultivation ( 22.4M acres,25%of world’s cotton area)
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Ranks 2
nd
in world’s cotton production (31.5 million bales,2007-08)
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Average cotton yield is 485 kg/ha compared to world’saverage of 680 kg/ha
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80 % of total cotton acreage is under Bt cotton
Cultivation YearTotal cotton cultivationarea million acresTransgenic cotton areamillion acresPercentage of Transgenic cotton area
2002-03
18.94 0.07 0.37
2003-04
18.8 0.21 1.21
2004-05
22.13 1.30 5.92
2005-06
22.23 3.29 14.83
2006-07
22.57 8.54 37.9
2008-09
22.4017.2 80.0
Source: ISAAA, 2007 
INCREASE IN ADOPTION OF Bt COTTON AREA IN INDIA
 
Cotton is highly susceptible to insect pests especially tothe larvae of Lepidoptera
Bollworms cause an estimated loss of 50 to 60 %potential yield in cotton.
55% of total insecticides consumed in India are used forcotton improvement.
Pesticides account 1/3
rd
of cultivation cost in cotton.
Chemical control to suppress these insect pest developedhighly level of resistance for most of the chemicals used.
High level of resistance required,
Repeated application of insecticides leading to
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Heavy expenditure.
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Crop failure.
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Viscous cycle of debt for farmers.
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Adverse effect on the beneficial organisms.
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Environmental pollution .
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Pesticide residues.
 Source: ISAAA, 2007 
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deb snaith

am a bio teacher and after info on vector used to transfer BT gene to cotton please? Ta, DEB

reply09 / 23 / 2009
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