Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) will soon undertake the second round of field trials for pink bollworm-resistant (PBW) ...

AGM 2025 focuses on Bt cotton, Narasimha variety, reducing imports, and improving cotton quality to meet international ...

"Since the implementation of GM cotton in India in 2002, varieties such as Bollgard 1 and Bollgard 2, developed jointly with Monsanto of St. Louis, US, have effectively controlled certain bollworm ...

a genetically modified variety resistant to cotton bollworm infestations. “With this resistance, farmers can expect an increase in yield from 1 MT [metric ton] to 3 MT ensuring a stable supply ...

Profits from cotton have reduced with the passage time ... because last season there was negligible infestation of white fly, pink bollworm, in comparison to the previous years.

Addressing the media, a group of cotton farmers of Vidarbha put forth the demand, saying that the pink bollworm, a major threat to cotton crop, has become resistant to the Cry1Ac toxin produced by ...