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New cotton variety Suza 3 successfully developed in Jiangsu

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The new cotton variety "Suza 3", jointly bred by the Institute of Industrial Crops of the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences and other institutions, has been successfully developed and recently passed national new variety approval in Jiangsu Province. It is reported that this is Jiangsu Province's first two-gene transgenic insect-resistant hybrid cotton. Tests show that it has strong resistance to common pests such as the cotton bollworm and the pink bollworm. According to experts, at present the insect-resistant cotton in the cotton region of China's Yangtze River basin generally has only a single insect-resistant gene - the "BT insect-resistant gene", while Suza 3, in addition to containing the above gene, also has the "C

The new cotton variety "Suza 3", jointly bred by the Institute of Industrial Crops of the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences and other institutions, has been successfully developed and recently passed national new variety approval in Jiangsu Province. It is reported that this is Jiangsu Province's first two-gene transgenic insect-resistant hybrid cotton. Tests show that it has strong resistance to common pests such as the cotton bollworm and the pink bollworm.

According to experts, at present the insect-resistant cotton in the cotton region of China's Yangtze River basin generally has only a single insect-resistant gene - the "BT insect-resistant gene", while Suza 3, in addition to containing the above gene, also has the "CPTI insect-resistant gene". This is like giving cotton double insurance, making its insect resistance stronger and broader, and with better durability. Experts believe that the breeding of Suza 3 is a major breakthrough in the field of cotton breeding in Jiangsu Province and has very high prospects for promotion and application.

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