tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790673087448713871.post1325105029674133583..comments2023-04-28T06:13:03.512-07:00Comments on . Kissed A Farmer: GMO Cotton's not perfect.....WHAT??Suzie Wildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17539510126917839033noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790673087448713871.post-43416864028155246162014-09-29T12:24:30.388-07:002014-09-29T12:24:30.388-07:00Hi Madison, thanks so much for reading! The "...Hi Madison, thanks so much for reading! The "GMO" portion of the cotton that we plant is actually the Round Up Ready and Boll Guard biotechnology where a certain gene has been inserted into the cotton genome. The Round Up Ready gene allows us to spray Round Up Herbicide over the growing cotton crop if needed to control weeds. The Boll Guard gene prevents damage to the growing cotton from the cotton boll worm without the need for us to spray any insecticide.<br />The drought resistant traits in our cotton have been developed by crossbreeding different types of cotton varieties in hopes of gaining only a good trait from one or the other parent plants. These are two very different methods that both bring about genetic modifications.<br />We are in desperate need of more drought resistant cotton varieties! So please tell your friend to keep working on it. One of my other blogs talks about how we choose our variety of cotton each year. Go to the March 2013 blog Decision 2013 and it has some more info on this. http://kissedafarmer.blogspot.com/2013/03/decision-2013-hybrid-gmo-cottonseed.html<br />Thanks so much for reading!!Suzie Wildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539510126917839033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790673087448713871.post-90970851517730449122014-09-28T15:39:27.113-07:002014-09-28T15:39:27.113-07:00Hi! So I see that your farm is a dry land cotton ...Hi! So I see that your farm is a dry land cotton farm. I was wondering if any of the strains of cotton that you use have GMO components that help with drought resistance? I have spoken with a biology grad student at my college about his research in drought resistant plants and it seems to be something that could be extremely beneficial to farms such as yours. Do you have any in put or experience about such plant strains? Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03108563234454269335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790673087448713871.post-70420494109402264762014-09-19T15:01:27.300-07:002014-09-19T15:01:27.300-07:00Thanks for reading GTT! I hope to be getting some...Thanks for reading GTT! I hope to be getting some great new blogs out in the next couple of months.Suzie Wildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539510126917839033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790673087448713871.post-27784717121285187122014-09-19T14:14:06.467-07:002014-09-19T14:14:06.467-07:00Thanks for your blog. I'm just learning about...Thanks for your blog. I'm just learning about growing cotton, and this post as well as your others are very helpful. GTThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08571783591509696397noreply@blogger.com