What are farmers really planting? Measuring the presence and effectiveness of Bt cotton in Pakistan.

What are farmers really planting? Measuring the presence and effectiveness of Bt cotton in Pakistan.

Genetically modified, insect-resistant Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton is cultivated extensively in Pakistan. Past studies, however, have raised concerns about the prevalence of Bt cotton varieties possessing weak or nonperforming insect-resistance traits conferred by the cry gene. We examine thi...

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Main Authors: David J Spielman, Fatima Zaidi, Patricia Zambrano, Asif Ali Khan, Shaukat Ali, H Masooma Naseer Cheema, Hina Nazli, Rao Sohail Ahmad Khan, Arshad Iqbal, Muhammad Amir Zia, Ghulam Muhammad Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5417514?pdf=render

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