Abstract
Onfarm field trials carried out with Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton in different states of India show that the technology substantially reduces pest damage and increases yields. The yield gains are much higher than what has been reported for other countries where genetically modified crops were used mostly to replace and enhance chemical pest control. In many developing countries, small-scale farmers especially suffer big pest-related yield losses because of technical and economic constraints. Pest-resistant genetically modified crops can contribute to increased yields and agricultural growth in those situations, as the case of Bt cotton in India demonstrates.
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Claims 2
Claim · model-written summary
Bt cotton substantially reduced pest damage in on-farm field trials in India.
- Taxon
- cotton
Gossypium hirsutume1 - Treatment
- Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cottone1
- Outcome
- pest damagee1
- Direction
- reducese1
- Setting
- different states of Indiae1
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Verbatim
e1“Onfarm field trials carried out with Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton in different states of India show that the technology substantially reduces pest damage and increases yields”
Claim · model-written summary
Bt cotton increased yields in on-farm field trials in India.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutume1
- Treatment
- Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cottone1
- Outcome
- yieldse1
- Direction
- increasese1
- Setting
- different states of Indiae1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Onfarm field trials carried out with Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton in different states of India show that the technology substantially reduces pest damage and increases yields”
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