U.S. Cotton Biotechnology Crops
Upland Cotton Biotechnology Varieties as a Percent of Upland Cotton Planted - States
and United States: 2015 and 2016
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: Insect resistant (biotech) : Herbicide resistant
State :---------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016
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: percent
:
Alabama ........: 4 6 3 2
Arkansas .......: 7 7 12 8
California .....: 10 3 35 37
Georgia ........: 1 1 5 5
Louisiana ......: 5 10 7 2
Mississippi ....: 1 3 11 2
Missouri .......: 6 12 36 34
North Carolina .: 1 2 7 1
Tennessee ......: 1 1 1 3
Texas ..........: 5 4 11 11
:
Other States 1/ : 10 3 8 9
:
United States ..: 5 4 10 9
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: Stacked gene varieties : All biotech varieties 2/
State :---------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016
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: percent
:
Alabama ........: 90 90 97 98
Arkansas .......: 80 84 99 99
California .....: 26 38 71 78
Georgia ........: 92 93 98 99
Louisiana ......: 87 86 99 98
Mississippi ....: 87 94 99 99
Missouri .......: 56 48 98 94
North Carolina .: 89 93 97 96
Tennessee ......: 97 94 99 98
Texas ..........: 75 75 91 90
:
Other States 1/ : 78 85 96 97
:
United States ..: 79 80 94 93
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1/ Other States includes all other States in the Upland cotton estimating program.
2/ All biotech varieties for the United States and Other States may not add due to
rounding.
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