Supporters of one kind of G.M.cotton, for example,note evidence that it can help a plant resist insects and viruses.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

Professor Moseley said Malian farmers had planted more sorghum because the price of their cotton, a cash crop,had dropped.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

At the age of sixteen, Lena found work as a dancer at the famous Cotton Club in New York City.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

In two thousand eight, scientists reported on a study of cotton grown in six provinces in northern China.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

They had to work. By the time Sarah was five years old, she was picking cotton in the fields with her family.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

As a result, the study in China found that the cotton plants could also help protect nearby crops against damage by the insects.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

The genetically engineered cotton is designed to help farmers save money by decreasing the need for poisons.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Also,darker colors may offer more protection, and natural cotton blocks more than bleached, or whitened cotton.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

It was a low,dull, quick sound like a watch makes when inside a piece of cotton.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

Claudia's father,Thomas Jefferson Taylor, owned two stores as well as thousands of hectares for cotton production.

VOA: special.2010.09.26

They say the population increases are related to drops in insecticide use on the cotton crop.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Much of the cotton grown in northern China is a Bt variety made by Monsanto.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Bt is used as a pesticide to fight cotton bollworms, corn borers and other pests.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

In an empty corner, she replaced her cotton stockings for the new silk ones.

VOA: special.2009.09.05