transgenic · Molecular: metabolites · Gossypium hirsutum (cotton)

Integrated use of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner with some insecticides for the management of bollworms on cotton · 1995

• positive
  Alternating Bt sprays reduced synthetic insecticide sprays from six to three.

Transgenic varieties and productivity of smallholder cotton farmers in China · 2002

• positive
  Adopting Bt cotton significantly decreased pesticide use.

cites 2 papers herecited by 4 papers here

Transgenic varieties and productivity of smallholder cotton farmers in China · 2002

• positive
  Adoption of Bt cotton varieties leads to a significant decrease in pesticide use.

cites 1 paper here

Two Years of Insect Protected Bt Transgenic Cotton in Argentina · 2003

• positive
  Bt cotton reduced the number of insecticide applications relative to conventional cotton.

  compared with conventional

Agronomics and Sustainability of Transgenic Cotton in Argentina · 2003

• positive
  Bt cotton can halve pesticide application rates in Argentina.

cites 1 paper here

Biotechnology as an alternative to chemical pesticides: a case study of Bt cotton in China · 2003

• positive
  Bt cotton significantly reduced pesticide expenditures.
• positive
  Bt cotton significantly reduced the quantity of pesticides used.

cited by 8 papers here

'Bt cotton' benefits, costs and impacts in China · 2003

• positive
  Bt cotton farmers reduced pesticide use.

cites 2 papers here

Biotechnology as an alternative to chemical pesticides: a case study of Bt cotton in China · 2003

• positive
  Bt cotton significantly reduced pesticide quantity.
• positive
  Bt cotton significantly reduced pesticide expenditures.

cited by 1 paper here

Bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner), Lepidoptera : Noctuidae) occurrences in Bt- and non-Bt-cotton fields, Marble Hall, Mpumalanga, South Africa · 2004

• positive
  Bt cotton reduced insecticide applications per season.

Reductions in insecticide use from adoption of Bt cotton in South Africa: impacts on economic performance and toxic load to the environment · 2004

• positive
  Bt growers applied lower amounts of insecticide than growers of non-Bt cotton.

  compared with growers of non-Bt cotton

cited by 1 paper here

Plant biotechnology in China: public investments and impacts on farmers · 2004

• positive
  Adoption of Bt cotton reduced pesticide use by 35 kg (or about 60 percent).

cites 1 paper here

Insect Complexes, Adoption of Bt Cotton, and Chemical Pesticide Use · 2004

• positive
  Bt cotton reduced pesticide use by more than 50%.

Transgenic cotton in Mexico · 2004

• positive
  Bt cotton reduced pesticide use by more than 50% in Mexico.

Bt-cotton boosts the gross margin of small-scale cotton producers in South Africa · 2005

• positive
  Bt-cotton significantly reduced pesticide use.

cites 2 papers here

Farm-scale evaluation of the impacts of transgenic cotton on biodiversity, pesticide use, and yield · 2006

• positive
  Bt cotton reduced insecticide use in Arizona fields.
• no effect
  BtHr cotton did not affect herbicide use.

Combined transgenic expression of ?12-desaturase and ?12-epoxygenase in high linoleic acid seeds leads to increased accumulation of vernolic acid · 2006

• positive
  Cotton seed coexpressing Cpal2 and FAD2 accumulated more vernolic acid than seed expressing Cpal2 alone.

  compared with expression of C. palaestina Cpal2 alone

Second‐Generation Bt Cotton Field Trials in Burkina Faso: Analyzing the Potential Benefits to West African Farmers · 2008

• positive
  Insecticide sprays in Bt cotton plots were reduced by two-thirds.

The economic impacts of second generation Bt cotton in West Africa: empirical evidence from Burkina Faso · 2008

• positive
  Bt cotton reduced insecticide applications by two-thirds in field trials.

Effects of Applying Different Forms of Phosphoric Fertilizer on Cotton Growth and Inoculation of AM Fungi · 2008

• positive
  Gm fungi inoculation significantly increased the topsoil phosphorus content of the cotton field compared with no inoculation.

  compared with without inoculating Gm fungi

Bt cotton, damage control and optimal levels of pesticide use in Pakistan · 2013

• positive
  Bt lowered the social optimum of pesticide use relative to non-Bt cotton.

  compared with without this technology

• positive
  Pesticide use was lower on Bt cotton farms.

cites 3 papers here

The impact of Bt cotton adoption on the stability of pesticide use · 2017

• positive
  Bt cotton adoption reduced the standard deviation of pesticide use.
• positive
  Bt cotton adoption reduced mean pesticide use.

cites 1 paper herecited by 1 paper here

Sustainability of the Economic Benefit of Bt Cotton in China: Results from Household Surveys · 2019

• positive
  National pesticide quantity fell by 2.19 million tons during 1997–2012.
• positive
  Bt cotton adoption saved farmers 8.46 billion US dollars on pesticide use during 1997–2012.

cites 2 papers here

Farmers’ perception and evaluation of bt cotton cultivation in Punjab · 2019

• positive
  Average insecticide sprays decreased from 13.07 to 6.20.

  compared with non-Bt

• positive
  Bt cotton adoption significantly reduced insecticide use.

  compared with non-Bt

• positive
  Insecticide expenditure declined with Bt cotton adoption.

  compared with non-Bt

Engineering Trienoic Fatty Acids into Cottonseed Oil Improves Low-Temperature Seed Germination, Plant Photosynthesis and Cotton Fiber Quality · 2020

• positive
  FAD3 transformation produced approximately 30% ALA in cotton seed oil.