Dr. Saghir Ahmad has a research experience of 30 years in cotton breeding, during which he bred 6 prominent cotton cultivars. He currently works at Cotton Research Institute Multan, Multan and Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad (Pakistan). He successfully worked as project manager and team leader of 4 different projects. He authored 60 research publications, and traveled and attended conferences in different countries, including USA, Australia, and China.
Benefits and harmful effects of Bt adoption technology are mainly related with cotton production where lot of insecticides are needed for management of arthropod herbivory and possible negative impact of crystalline Bt protein on parasitoids and predators is real. Therefore, current review information was focused that Bt should be selective for natural enemies and information was collected from different sources especially CAB abstracts as well as citations from many review articles and books. Usefulness of integrated pest management was highlighted with updated literature to cover the contents.
Part of the book: Advances in Cotton Research