Molecular genetic basis of lab-and field-selected Bt resistance in pink bollworm

JA Fabrick, X Li, Y Carrière, BE Tabashnik - Insects, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella, is one of the most damaging
pests of cotton worldwide. Cotton has been genetically engineered to produce insect-killing …

[HTML][HTML] Bioeconomic fiction between narrative dynamics and a fixed imaginary: Evidence from India and Germany

J Friedrich, K Najork, M Keck, J Zscheischler - Sustainable Production and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Bioeconomic ideas and visions have received increasing attention from scientists and policy
makers to address socioecological challenges. However, the role of imagined futures in the …

Evaluation of integrated pest management module for pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) and its economic analysis under farmer's field conditions

M Rajashekhar, T Prabhakar Reddy… - … Journal of Pest …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Cotton is an important cash crop in many develo** countries, supporting the livelihoods of
millions of poor people. Crop productivity has increased globally since the introduction of Bt …

Sustainable agriculture and GM crops: the case of Bt cotton impact in Ballari district of India

A Subramanian - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton are at the forefront of an intense debate on the
benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops among smallholder farmers in develo** …

Bt cotton, pink bollworm, and the political economy of sociobiological obsolescence: insights from Telangana, India

K Najork, J Friedrich, M Keck - Agriculture and Human Values, 2022‏ - Springer
After genetically engineered Bt cotton lost its effectiveness in central and southern Indian
states, pink bollworm infestations have recently returned to farmers' fields and have …

Charisma and agrarian crisis: Authority and legitimacy at multiple scales for rural development

A Flachs - Journal of Rural Studies, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Crisis provides opportunities for social and environmental reorganization. States claimed
responsibility for much agrarian development during the first half of the 20th century through …

Degrowing alternative agriculture: institutions and aspirations as sustainability metrics for small farmers in Bosnia and India

A Flachs - Sustainability Science, 2022‏ - Springer
Much sustainable development in agri-food systems is predicated upon increasing the
production of agricultural commodities amid changing climates, political organization, and …

Cotton Monocultures and Reorganizing Socioecological Life in Telangana, India

A Flachs - Journal of Ethnobiology, 2024‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Five hundred years of desire for cotton has reshaped landscapes, built global economic
commodity chains, and devalued human life in the name of producing cheap clothing. Since …

Mistranslating refuge crops: analyzing policy mobilities in the context of Indian Bt cotton production

K Najork, M Keck - Geographica Helvetica, 2022‏ - gh.copernicus.org
In light of recent pink bollworm (PBW) pest infestations in several cotton-producing states in
India, farmers of genetically engineered Bt cotton (Bt for Bacillus thuringiensis) have faced …

BOLLWM: A real-world dataset for bollworm pest monitoring from cotton fields in India

J White, C Agrawal, A Ojha, A Agnihotri… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023‏ - arxiv.org
This paper presents a dataset of agricultural pest images captured over five years by
thousands of small holder farmers and farming extension workers across India. The dataset …