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AbstractCotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) being one of the top most cash crop is reckoned as main pillar of textile industry. Cotton cultivation has experienced an outstanding escalation story over the years. The per unit yield and area under cultivation have all incremented to record towering levels. But question is how Bt cotton has contributed and whether it is satisfactory or not. At present for finding a conclusion, we need unfathomable analyses and investigations related to multiple aspects of global cotton cultivation. Genetic engineering is considered as an imperative tool in cotton breeding with a role in empowerment of traditional strategies for improvement in net yield and related factors. Among multitude of reasons for massive shifting to Bt cotton cultivation in the world include inadequate germplasm, climatic conditions, irrigated area, usage of fertilizers and pesticides. We should consider Bt cotton a miracle solution .Therefore, it is probable that Bt cotton along with newly developed strate...

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