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An Area-Wide Approach to Pink Bollworm Management on Bt Cotton in India - A Dire Necessity with Community Participation

Mohan, S. Mohan Komarlingam

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Unusually high levels of pink bollworm (PBW) infestation and crop damage were experienced in the fields of the dual Btgene cotton (Bollgard II®) technology, a genetically modified cotton which produces two Bt insecticides (Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab) to combat cotton bollworms, in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh during kharif season of 2015 (refs 1, 2), and in the early part of the 2016 season in Saurashtra, Gujarat and Haveri, Karnataka.

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Unusually high levels of pink bollworm (PBW) infestation and crop damage were experienced in the fields of the dual Btgene cotton (Bollgard II®) technology, a genetically modified cotton which produces two Bt insecticides (Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab) to combat cotton bollworms, in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh during kharif season of 2015 (refs 1, 2), and in the early part of the 2016 season in Saurashtra, Gujarat and Haveri, Karnataka.

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Unusually high levels of pink bollworm (PBW) infestation and crop damage were experienced in the fields of the dual Btgene cotton (Bollgard II®) technology, a genetically modified cotton which produces two Bt insecticides (Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab) to combat cotton bollworms, in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh during kharif season of 2015 (refs 1, 2), and in the early part of the 2016 season in Saurashtra, Gujarat and Haveri, Karnataka.

Key concepts: Bt cotton, Kharif crop, Bollworm, Saurashtra, Pink bollworm, Infestation, Cry1Ac, Crop

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