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2010-03-05 | permalink
Setback for Bt cotton in India; bollworm develops resistance
In a setback for genetically engineered cotton, Monsanto, innovator of the strain, confirmed what sceptics had said might well happen, that the pests it was supposed to resist better than natural cotton would also innovate. The company confirmed today that the pink bollworm, the damaging pest against which the genetically modified variety had been successful, had developed resistance to the protein in question, in parts of Gujarat.
- Business Standard, India: Setback for Bt cotton; main pest develops resistance
- India Today, India: Bt cotton has failed admits Monsanto
- Daily News & Analyses, India (DNA): ’Resistant’ Bt Cotton gives away to pest in Gujarat
- Indian Express, India: Bollworm in Gujarat Bt cotton: GEAC to look into report
- Business Standard, India: This is governance?
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2010-03-05 | permalink
Setback for Bt cotton in India; bollworm develops resistance
In a setback for genetically engineered cotton, Monsanto, innovator of the strain, confirmed what sceptics had said might well happen, that the pests it was supposed to resist better than natural cotton would also innovate. The company confirmed today that the pink bollworm, the damaging pest against which the genetically modified variety had been successful, had developed resistance to the protein in question, in parts of Gujarat.
- Business Standard, India: Setback for Bt cotton; main pest develops resistance
- India Today, India: Bt cotton has failed admits Monsanto
- Daily News & Analyses, India (DNA): ’Resistant’ Bt Cotton gives away to pest in Gujarat
- Indian Express, India: Bollworm in Gujarat Bt cotton: GEAC to look into report
- Business Standard, India: This is governance?
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