Saravanan, Sheela - In: Atlantic review of economics : AROE 2 (2016), pp. ?
Bt Cotton, is genetically engineered with Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a bio-toxin which comes from soil bacteria. Bt … which was isolated from soil in 1911, has been available to farmers as an organic pesticide since 1930.The engineered Bt … gene produces a protein that cuts into the guts of specific insects, rendering the cotton resistant to these insects …