In addition, field tests showed ThryvOn Technology provided a 6.1% increase in square retention in fields affected by key plant bug species, compared to the negative check.

The model was calibrated using 1 year's field data, and validated by using two additional years of detailed experimental data on the effects of MC and plant density in stands of pure cotton and in ...

Some of the first GMOs – corn and cotton plants that have been genetically modified to fend off insects – are running into problems. Bugs have become resistant to them because they've been ...

The team is hopeful; they have successfully bred tobacco plants with color genes. MacMillan and her team expect to see the results of their cotton experiment in several months.

Cotton requires a great deal of rain while it is growing. Third, the labor of India is too indolent and dissolute to be relied on for supplying a steady and world-wide want.