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Oct 7 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Today is #WorldCottonDay. Here’s Bt cotton (left) with Non-GMO cotton on right! Which cotton would you rather celebrate the #worldcottonday2022 with?
A Bt cotton field in Australia #WorldCottonDay
Did you say why Bt cotton? Here’s why!
Or just ask some Indian farmers why they love GMO cotton
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This is just one field with two types of cotton, not two photos. The difference between GMO on left and Non- GMO on right is like day and night!!
Roger Morton One on the right, non-GMO, was not sprayed with pesticides, and thus completely decimated by the boll worm. Non-GMO planted next as a refugia, to slowdown the evolution of bollworms resistant to Bt corn.
Photo taken by my friend Prof. Rick Roush when he was working in Australia. He is now dean of ag at Penn State. He is the developer of the concept of refugia while at @Cornell
A similar photo by Dr.Dominic Reisig, an Extension Specialist and Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University. @DominicDReisig

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A new US report warns that China is stealing GMO secrets to advance its food security, even to wage war using GM technology! 🤨 rt.com/news/556232-ch…
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