{"id":121622,"date":"2022-05-18T14:08:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T08:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=121622"},"modified":"2022-05-18T14:08:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T08:38:43","slug":"gm-crops-especially-bt-crops-are-known-to-have-higher-resistance-to-pest-attacks-to-substantiate-this-an-experimental-study-was-conducted-in-different-farmlands-growing-bt-and-non-bt-cotton-cro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/education\/gm-crops-especially-bt-crops-are-known-to-have-higher-resistance-to-pest-attacks-to-substantiate-this-an-experimental-study-was-conducted-in-different-farmlands-growing-bt-and-non-bt-cotton-cro","title":{"rendered":"GM crops especially Bt crops are known to have higher resistance to pest attacks. To substantiate this an experimental study was conducted in\u00a0 different farmlands growing Bt and non Bt-Cotton crops. The farm lands had the same dimensions, fertility and were under similar climatic conditions. The histogram below shows the usage of pesticides on Bt crops and non-Bt crops in these farm lands."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>GM crops especially Bt crops are known to have higher resistance to pest attacks. To substantiate this an experimental study was conducted in\u00a0 different farmlands growing Bt and non Bt-Cotton crops. The farm lands had the same dimensions, fertility and were under similar climatic conditions. The histogram below shows the usage of pesticides on Bt crops and non-Bt crops in these farm lands.<\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-121579 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2022\/05\/13-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2022\/05\/13-21.png 410w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2022\/05\/13-21-150x104.png 150w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2022\/05\/13-21-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2022\/05\/13-21-218x150.png 218w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2022\/05\/13-21-100x70.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>a. Which of the above 4 farm lands has successfully applied the concepts of Biotechnology to show better management practices and use of agrochemicals? If you had to cultivate, which crop would you prefer (Bt<br \/>\nor Non- Bt) and why?<br \/>\nb. Cotton Bollworms were introduced in another experimental study on the above farm lands wherein no pesticide was used. Explain what effect would a Bt and Non Bt crop have on the pest<\/h2>\n<h3>Answer.<\/h3>\n<h3>a. Farm Land II. Bt crop.<br \/>\nBecause the use of pesticides is highly reduced for Bt crop<br \/>\n\/\/ Decrease of pesticide used is also more significant for Bt crop.<br \/>\nb. In Bt cotton a cry gene has been introduce from bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) which causes synthesis of a toxic protein. This protein becomes active in the alkaline gut of bollworm feeding on cotton, punching holes in the lining causing death of the insect. However; a Non Bt crop will have no effect on the cotton bollworm\/ the yield of cotton will decrease \/ non Bt will succumb to pest attack.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GM crops especially Bt crops are known to have higher resistance to pest attacks. To substantiate this an experimental study was conducted in\u00a0 different farmlands growing Bt and non Bt-Cotton crops. The farm lands had the same dimensions, fertility and were under similar climatic conditions. The histogram below shows the usage of pesticides on Bt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21830,"featured_media":121571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-121622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-education"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121623,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121622\/revisions\/121623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}