Cotton: The history of cotton cultivation in modern times could be traced back to development of hybrid cotton in 1970 by CT Patel in Gujarat. Coupled with hybrid vigor and appropriate crop protection techniques, growth rates for productivity (kg lint/ha) zoomed during 80s; then, slowed down during 1990s; and then picked up again during 2000s with introduction of Bt cotton. Updating of Bt cotton technology has now become essential to accelerate growth in cotton this decade 2010s. It must optimise biotechnology advances with sociology, geography and information technology in the overall framework of integrated crop management systems.

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