Trait Talk From Bollgard II and Roundup Ready Flex
A series of three articles related to grower use of Bollgard II and Roundup Ready Flex is now available addressing the following topics...

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A series of three articles related to grower use of Bollgard II and Roundup Ready Flex is now available addressing the following topics:

1. Growers Welcome Natural Refuge Option For Bollgard II®
   The option of not planting an Insect Resistance Management (IRM) refuge of non-Bt cotton when growing Bollgard II® cotton - and relying instead on a "natural refuge" - is getting a big thumbs up from growers, consultants and academics alike.
   
2. Bollgard II® Gives Growers Unrivaled Worm Control
   Bollgard II® cotton was planted on approximately 3.6 million acres in 2007, which was almost double the 2006 acreage. For 2008, Monsanto forecasts approximately 5 million acres of Bollgard II will be planted, with 4 million - or 80 percent - of the 5 million forecast acres being planted to Bollgard II cotton varieties stacked with the Roundup Ready® Flex technology.
   
3. Roundup Ready® Flex Technology Cited for "Ease of Management" and Time Savings
   When you talk to cotton growers about what they like best about Roundup
   Ready® Flex cotton, they will tell you that the technology has freed them up
   to do other things, whether it's spending more time managing other crops or
   spending more time with family and loved ones. Sometimes, it's both.
   
   For a pdf-formatted version of these articles,
   click here.