Facts about the use of Bt Cotton in India
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12747863/Science-Behind-the-Bt-Cotton
Scribd was a vey good website that provided numerous facts and opinion son the use of Bt Cotton , the effectiveness of Bt cotton and the weaknesses of Bt Cotton. However the website was mainly based around Bt cotton production in India and doesn't give a worldwide perspective on Bt Cotton. Also i believe the website to be biased in favour of the use of Bt as hardly any evidence is given against the use of it where as there is an abundance of facts for it
Pricing of Bt Cotton Seeds compared to normal seeds
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/in-india-gm-crops-come-at-a-high-price/
This Source is an article of the New York Times Global edition about the differences in pricing of Bt Cotton seeds compared to normal cotton seeds. I believe the article to be a well balanced and even handed look at the issue. however the focus is only on the negative aspects and there is no text to support Bt Cotton. Even so there is no visible bias and the information contained in the article is very good.
The effect on non-traget organisms (Monarch Butterfly)
http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/127/3/709.full
While this website doesn't specifically relate to Bt Cotton it relates to the maize produced by all genetically modified plants containing the Bt Strand of genetic coding. With a completely unbiased viewpoint this article discusses the effect of Bt Crops on the wider non targeted environment providing an abundance of facts and details.
Balanced Report about Pros and Cons of Bt Cotton
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21842.aspx
This report posted via University of Washington website is a very unbiased website providing very useful and interesting facts about the implementation of Bt Cotton. The article also quotes farmers growing cotton with Bt Crops in India and provides a fresh perspective on the effectiveness of Bt. A restriction of this source however is that it focuses again on the Indian poorer farmers and doesn't give a global indication of the effectiveness of the Bt crop in wealthier countries.
Review of Crop output since the changing from normal cotton to cottonhttp://fieldquestions.com/2012/02/12/bt-cotton-remarkable-success-and-four-ugly-facts/
This source of information has an abundance of statistics and facts about the production rates, output and differences with Bt Cotton and normal cotton. Again the information is only applicable in india and thus doesn't provide a worldwide view. the author of the webpage appears to have a bias against Bt Cotton use deeming it to be expensive and ineffective compared to normal cotton but provides statistics and facts to back up his claims giving the site credibility. al around a good source of information
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12747863/Science-Behind-the-Bt-Cotton
Scribd was a vey good website that provided numerous facts and opinion son the use of Bt Cotton , the effectiveness of Bt cotton and the weaknesses of Bt Cotton. However the website was mainly based around Bt cotton production in India and doesn't give a worldwide perspective on Bt Cotton. Also i believe the website to be biased in favour of the use of Bt as hardly any evidence is given against the use of it where as there is an abundance of facts for it
Pricing of Bt Cotton Seeds compared to normal seeds
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/in-india-gm-crops-come-at-a-high-price/
This Source is an article of the New York Times Global edition about the differences in pricing of Bt Cotton seeds compared to normal cotton seeds. I believe the article to be a well balanced and even handed look at the issue. however the focus is only on the negative aspects and there is no text to support Bt Cotton. Even so there is no visible bias and the information contained in the article is very good.
The effect on non-traget organisms (Monarch Butterfly)
http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/127/3/709.full
While this website doesn't specifically relate to Bt Cotton it relates to the maize produced by all genetically modified plants containing the Bt Strand of genetic coding. With a completely unbiased viewpoint this article discusses the effect of Bt Crops on the wider non targeted environment providing an abundance of facts and details.
Balanced Report about Pros and Cons of Bt Cotton
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21842.aspx
This report posted via University of Washington website is a very unbiased website providing very useful and interesting facts about the implementation of Bt Cotton. The article also quotes farmers growing cotton with Bt Crops in India and provides a fresh perspective on the effectiveness of Bt. A restriction of this source however is that it focuses again on the Indian poorer farmers and doesn't give a global indication of the effectiveness of the Bt crop in wealthier countries.
Review of Crop output since the changing from normal cotton to cottonhttp://fieldquestions.com/2012/02/12/bt-cotton-remarkable-success-and-four-ugly-facts/
This source of information has an abundance of statistics and facts about the production rates, output and differences with Bt Cotton and normal cotton. Again the information is only applicable in india and thus doesn't provide a worldwide view. the author of the webpage appears to have a bias against Bt Cotton use deeming it to be expensive and ineffective compared to normal cotton but provides statistics and facts to back up his claims giving the site credibility. al around a good source of information