Bt Cotton

Distinguished Monsanto Fellow Dr. Fred Perlak explains why farmers use GMOs in cotton. Fred’s explanation includes how Agrobacterium tumefaciens occurs in nature and how scientists figured out how to create genetically engineered cotton- and how GMO cotton has helped farmers manage insect pests and how it impacts the environment.


 

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