date:Nov 06, 2012
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Yields from Bt cotton have been stagnating around 500 to 550 kilograms per hectare from the 2002-03 levels of around 250 to 300 per hectare and to jump to a higher level of 750 to 1,000 kgs per hectare, seed companies need to devise technological solutions to new problems like sucking pests.
Falling ground water levels in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra demanding drought resistant seed varities.
Around 5-7% Bt seeds sold