Bt Cotton Evaluation Report

Abstract

In the first year trial, 23 Bt cotton hybrids were evaluated along with three checks. The Bt entries were VICH 15 Bt (Vikram Seeds), NCS 929 Bt (Nuziveedu Seeds), Sigma Bt (Vibha Seeds), PCH 923 Bt (Prabhat Seeds), KCH 135 Bt (Kaveri Seeds), BS 563 Bt (Bio Seeds), Ankur Jai Bt (Ankur Seeds), Nandi 405 Bt (Nandi Seeds) IT 923 Bt (Pro Agro Seeds), Tulasi 9 Bt ( Tulasi Seeds), Sudershan Bt (Emergent Genetics), Rudra Bt (Pravardhan Seeds), KDCHH 9821 Bt (Krishidhan Seeds), Dhruv Bt ( Zuari Seeds), JKCH 666 Bt (JK Seeds), Tulasi 4 BG II (Tulasi Seeds), RCH 2 BG II (Rasi Seeds), NCS 207 BG II (Nuziveedu Seeds), BCHH 557 BG II (Bio Seeds), Ankur Akka BG II (Ankur Seeds), NCEH 14 Bt (Nath Seeds), Atal BG II (Emergent Genetics) and Navkar 5 Bt (Navkar Seeds). Hybrid RCH 2 Bt was the common Bt check and NHH 44 was the common Non Bt check. The local check hybrids were JK Hy-1 (Khandwa and Indore), Hybrid 10 (Surat, Junagadh and Talod), Hybrid 8 (Banswara, Bharuch and Rajkot), PKV Hy 4 (Akola, Achalpur and CICR Nagpur), PHH 316 (Nanded and Parbhani) and Bunny (Bhawanipatna).