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What are farmers really planting? Measuring the presence and effectiveness of Bt cotton in Pakistan

Genetically modified, insect-resistant Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton is cultivated extensively in Pakistan. Past studies, however, have raised concerns about the prevalence of Bt cotton varieties possessing weak or nonperforming insect-resistance traits conferred by the cry gene. We examine thi...

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Autores principales: Spielman, David J., Zaidi, Fatima, Zambrano, Patricia, Khan, Asif Ali, Ali, Shaukat, Cheema, H. Masooma Naseer, Nazli, Hina, Khan, Rao Sohail Ahmad, Iqbal, Arshad, Zia, Muhammad Amir, Ali, Ghulam Muhammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5417514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28472094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176592