BT COTTON

Kainat Liauat, Noor Fatima, Rahima, Wajiha Shahid & Anoosha

Jinnah University for Women

Definition: The Bt is a short form of ubiquitous soil bacterioum Bacillus thuringiensis. This cotton
refers to transgenic cotton which contains endotoxin protein inducing gene . Bt cotton is a genetically
modified organism (GMO) or genetically modified pest resistant plant cotton variety, which produces
an insecticide to combat bollworm.

Development of BT Cotton
1. Argobacterium Method 2. Gene Gun Technology

Advantages of BT cotton

References
1. Wechsler SJ. Recent trends in GE adoption 2017. Available from:
2. Parker Jr. CD. Temporal distribution of heliothines in corn-cotton cropping systems of the Mississippi Delta and relationships to yield and
population growth [Dissertation]: Mississippi State University; 2000.