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drjones · **Joined:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:27 pm **Posts:** 13102

Bt cotton has failed admits Monsanto

Main pest develops resistance.(Mother nature huh) :sunny:

New Delhi - The ongoing debate on biotechnology crops in India took a new turn on Friday when American seed firm Monsanto disclosed that cotton pest--pink bollworm--has developed resistance to its much-touted Bt cotton variety in Gujarat. The company has reported to the regulator, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), that pink bollworm has developed resistance to its genetically modified (GM) cotton variety, Bollgard I, in Amreli, Bhavnagar, Junagarh and Rajkot districts in Gujarat.

Not only has Bt cotton been rendered ineffective, it has also led to detection of some new pests never before reported from India. :oops:

At the same time, productivity of cotton has fallen from 560 kg lint per hectare in 2007 to 512 kg lint per hectare in 2009. And pesticide expenditure has gone up from from Rs 597 crore in 2002 to Rs 791 crore in 2009.

Erm,why are GM crops a good idea? :headscratch:

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