%K organic cotton, India, cotton breeding, low input farming, Bodenwissenschaften, genetically-modified, GM, Pflanzenzüchtung, Baumwolle
%D 2012
%C Göttingen, Germany
%E E. Tielkes
%L orgprints21943
%T Participatory cotton breeding for organic and low input farming in Central India
%A T. Roner
%A M. M. Messmer
%A M. Finckh
%A D. Forster
%A R. Verma
%A R. Baruah
%A S. S. Patil
%J Tropentag 2012 - Resilience of agricultural systems against crises - Book of abstracts
%X Up to 80% of world’s organic cotton is produced in India. However, involved producers are facing increased difficulties to find suitable cultivars. Few hybrids selected for high input farming and genetically-modified (GM) cotton, which is explicitly excluded in organic farming, are presently dominating the Indian seed market. In addition farmers have lost their traditional knowledge on seed production and hybrid seed needs to be purchased each season.
%I CUVILLIER VERLAG