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Identification of Optimal Areas for the Cultivation of Genetically Modified Cotton in Mexico: Compatibility with the Center of Origin and Centers of Genetic Diversity

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  • Antonia Macedo-Cruz

    (Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, km. 36.5 Carretera México-Texcoco, Montecillo, Texcoco C.P 56264, Estado de México, Mexico)

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The agricultural sector faces significant sustainability, productivity, and environmental impact challenges. In this context, geographic information systems (GISs) have become a key tool to optimize resource management and make informed decisions based on spatial data. These data support planning the best cotton planting and harvest dates based on agroclimatic conditions, such as temperature, precipitation, and soil type, as well as identifying areas with a lower risk of water or thermal stress. As a result, cotton productivity is optimized, and costs associated with supplementary irrigation or losses due to adverse conditions are reduced. However, data from automatic weather stations in Mexico are scarce and incomplete. Instead, grid meteorological databases (DMM, in Spanish) were used with daily temperature and precipitation data from 1983 to 2020 to determine the heat units (HUs) for each cotton crop development stage; daily and accumulated HU; minimum, mean, and maximum temperatures; and mean annual precipitation. This information was used to determine areas that comply with environmental, geographic, and regulatory conditions (NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010, NOM-026-SAG/FITO-2014) to delimit areas with agricultural potential for planting genetically modified (GM) cotton. The methodology made it possible to produce thirty-four maps at a 1:250,000 scale and a digital GIS with 95% accuracy. These maps indicate whether a given agricultural parcel is optimal for cultivating GM cotton.

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  • Antonia Macedo-Cruz, 2025. "Identification of Optimal Areas for the Cultivation of Genetically Modified Cotton in Mexico: Compatibility with the Center of Origin and Centers of Genetic Diversity," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-34, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:15:y:2025:i:14:p:1550-:d:1705205
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