A birth control program for destructive pink bollworms that wreak havoc on cotton crops has virtually eliminated the cotton pests in Arizona. That approach, in combination with planting pest-resistant ...

Combining genetically engineered cotton plants that kill caterpillars with the controlled release of sterile moths from airplanes has produced a new and highly successful approach to dramatically ...

In a finding that could have broad implications for farmers' ability to stop pests from decimating cotton crops, scientists from North Carolina State University and agricultural research stations ...

Xanthomonas citri subsp. Malvacearum (Xcm) causes bacterial blight of cotton. The disease was rampant in the US during the 1970s, and it has recently re-emerged. Xcm controls its infectivity by ...

The introduction of genetically engineered cotton plants has had an unexpectedly broad effect on Chinese agriculture, according to a new study. The so-called Bt cotton plants that produce a chemical ...

BHATINDA - Indian farmers are for the first time abandoning genetically modified cotton after a devastating pest attack ravaged their fields, sowing doubts about the crop technology that had been ...

Toxic tarantulas Chemicals from the venom of the Australian Tarantula spider could one day be sprayed on, or engineered into, cotton and other crops to keep pests at bay. Biochemist Professor Glenn ...

Widespread use of insect-resistant cotton in China is creating pest problems for fruit farmers, say researchers. Dr Kongming Wu of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing and ...

Bug worry: A cotton field in Haryana. A rise in the number of pests will mean more insecticides and may also raise input costs. India’s cotton productivity has fallen over the past three years.

Pilot projects for the IPM framework are being trialled in India, Pakistan and Mozambique. Credit: Shutterstock. Better Cotton said the move is in line with its focus on protecting and restoring the ...