A dash of mustard

After Bt cotton, it's now GM mustard; where is our scientific community?

More facts, more doubts

Monsanto ups the Bt cotton ante with a feel-good survey

Shady seeds

Illegal Bt cotton traders nabbed

Bt's soil chemistry

GM cotton less profitable than non-GM variety

Bollworm ignores high doses of insecticide

Pink bollworm a potent threat to GM cotton

The quest to promote Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton may suffer a serious setback with scientists from the US-based University of Arizona …

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Does India really need GM Mustard?

Botanists say that pests and insects may grow resistant to the transgenic crop after a decade or so, triggering the need for newer versions of …

How the planet pays for fashion

The production of a kilogram of cotton takes up around 10,000 litre to 20,000 litre of water

Neem chemical can disable cotton pest in multiple ways: Study

Research on cotton bollworm reveals that the phytotoxin acts in multiple ways to suppress growth of the pest

Dhuri: A Delhi-based fashion brand that makes clothes out of milk

In a world where pollution caused by textiles is a major threat, a brand specialising in eco-friendly fabrics claims it can be a better option …

Operation pest guard

Integrated pest management treatments come to the rescue of cotton farmers

For the sake of caution

A decision to refuse clearance to GMOs should be based on good science and policy

A pest overrides Bt

Judicious mix of Bt and non-Bt crops can prevent this

Monsanto at the receiving end of Bt cotton pricing policy

Monsanto losing price war with state governments

Punjab crop loss spurs debate on pesticide use

Biotech is not just GM

Michael Antoniou teaches Molecular Genetics at King's College, London. In his spare time, he likes to help non-profits with information on the …

COTTON CONCERN

White gold rush

Despite several government programmes, cotton cultivation is riddled with problems

Deadly concoctions

Farmers are not fully aware of the consequences of using chemical pesticides

Poor regulation good reason to sideline Bt brinjal

Seed of a dispute

Monsanto on strong wicket

Focus shifts to man-made fibre

Farmers sidelined in draft national fibre policy

Monsanto's troublesome trait

Bayer is battling seed companies and farmers in several countries over royalty on Monsanto's GM seeds