{"id":11848,"date":"2020-03-22T16:03:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T16:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=11848"},"modified":"2020-03-22T16:03:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T16:03:59","slug":"nbri-developed-whiteflies-resistant-variety-of-cotton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/nbri-developed-whiteflies-resistant-variety-of-cotton\/","title":{"rendered":"NBRI developed whiteflies-resistant variety of cotton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow\nhas developed a whiteflies-resistant variety of cotton. Even though Bt cotton\nis also genetically-modified cotton and present in the market for farmers usage,\nit is resistant to two pests only and not resistant to whiteflies. Whiteflies\nare one of the top ten devastating pests in the world that damage more than\n2000 plant species and also function as vectors for some 200-plant viruses.\nCotton is one of the worst-hit crops by whiteflies. As in 2015 two-third of the\ncotton crop was destroyed by the whiteflies in Punjab. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When whiteflies feed on doses of insecticidal protein of\nTectaria macrodonta, it interferes with the life cycle of insects. The\nwhiteflies suffer from very poor egg-laying, abnormal eggs, nymph and larval\ndevelopment, and the poor overall growth of the fly. The Tectaria macrodonta is\nfound to be in-effective on non-target insects. Thus, it clearly shows that the\nprotein is specifically toxic to whitefly and does not cause any harmful effect\non other beneficial insects like butterflies and honeybees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow has developed a whiteflies-resistant variety of cotton. Even though Bt cotton is also genetically-modified cotton and present in the market for farmers usage, it is resistant to two pests only and not resistant to whiteflies. 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