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Genetic Road Map May Bring About Better Cotton Crops

AUSTIN, Texas – A University of Texas at Austin scientist, working with an international research team, has developed the most precise sequence map yet of U.S. cotton and will soon create an even more detailed map for navigating the complex cotton genome. The finding may help lead to an inexpensive version of American cotton that rivals the quality of luxurious Egyptian cotton and helps develop crops that use less water and fewer pesticides for a cotton that is easier on the skin and easier on the land. (more…)

UA Entomologists Partner with China to Thwart Bollworm Resistance to Bt Cotton

By Guest PostFebruary 21, 2013Environment, Sciencearizona, arizona cotton growers, bacillus thuringiensis, bacterium, battle against bollworms, bruce tabashnik, bt, bt toxin, caterpillars, China, chinese academy, chinese scientists, combat insect resistance, cotton bollworm, cotton crops, cotton farms, cotton in china, cotton plants, entomologists, farmers, genetically engineered, kongming wu, new weapon, pink bollworm, pink bollworm moths, spraying insecticides, university of arizona, xianchun li

Researchers at the UA are studying resistance in pink bollworm in China and working to develop strategies against it.

University of Arizona entomologists are joining forces with scientists on the other side of the globe to protect cotton in China from potentially devastating insect pests.

Xianchun Li, associate professor of entomology in the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Bruce Tabashnik, head of the department of entomology, both members of the UA BIO5 Institute, are partnering with Chinese scientists to combat insect resistance to genetically engineered cotton plants. (more…)

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Genetic Road Map May Bring About Better Cotton Crops

UA Entomologists Partner with China to Thwart Bollworm Resistance to Bt Cotton