BT Cotton test in India not sucessful
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BT Cotton in India was not sucessful with reduced boll count and size plus the same level of predation.
There is however, no indication in the report of the care given to the BT cotton over the care given to the control crop or the methodology of the test.
What catches my eye is Table #1 (Comparison between Bolls and Fibre of Non-Bt and Bt-Cotton). The reduced boll count and size makes me think that the crop was stressed and would indicate that the BT crops were given less than optimal care. If there was a small statistical variation, I would believe there was a viability issue but to go from an average of 95 bolls to an average of 50 bolls is a bit steep. Going from 6-8 Grams to 3.5-5 Grams boll weight is odd too...
Posted by DaveH at November 12, 2003 11:55 AM