Indian yields up 30 % from Bt cotton

摘要

Bt cotton is the only genetically modified crop that is available for commercial cultivation in India. According to Indian Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, 90% of cotton cultivation acres in the last decade were under Bt cotton. Recently, the Minister emphasized that due to Bt cotton, India's cotton production has benefited and that, there is no scientific evidence to show that Bt cotton cultivation has adversely impacted the ecology and human/cattle health. According to the information given by Minister to the Lower Assembly of the Parliament (Lok Sabha) recently, the cotton yield has increased by 30% due to the introduction of Bt cotton. Bt cotton and hybrid seed technologies have played important roles in enhancing the yield and production of cotton in India.