Literature and articles
- Messmer, Monika M.; Shivas, Yogendra; Verma, Rajeev; Ramprasad, Sana; Ambatibudi, Arun und Patil, Shreekant S. (2014) Participatory cotton breeding and cultivar evaluationfor organic smallholders in India. In: Rahmann, G. und Aksoy, U. (Hrsg.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 2, Thuenen Report, Nr. 20, S. 671-674.
- Messmer, Monika; Joshi, Tanay and Riar, Amritbir (2019) Seeding the Green Future - Participatory breeding for Securing Organic Cotton and Genetic Diversity. Paper at: Meeting Point Organic right from the start at Biofach Messe, Biofach Messe, Nuremberg, Germany, 15.02.2019.
- Riar, Amritbir; Joshi, Tanay and Messmer, Monika (2018) National Workshop of Organic Cotton Stakeholders - A Dialogue on Challenges and Persepective of Organic Cotton Production in India. Paper at: National Workshop on Organic Cotton Stakeholders, Indore, India, 20.11.2018.
- Riar, Amritbir and Messmer, Monika (2018) OCRT Regional Meeting: South Asia. Paper at: Orgnic Cotton Round Table, Milano, Italy, 22.10.2018.
- Messmer, Monika and Riar, Amritbir (2018) Bio-Baumwolle vom Saatgut zum T-Shirt. Poster at: Tag der offenen Tür, FiBL, Frick, Schweiz, 19.08.2018
- Messmer, Monika; Riar, Amritbir; Cicek, Harun and Sana, Ramprasad (2018) Organic cotton breeding. Opportunities and Challanges. Paper at: Biofach Messe Nürnberg, Organic breeding exhibition, Nuremberg, Germany, 16.02.2018
- Messmer, Monika M.; Raghuwanshi, Shivraj; Ramprasad, Sana; Verma, Rajeev; Joshi, Tanay; Deshmukh, Surendr; Ashok, Kumar; Vikram, Raghuwanshi; Adinath, Paslawar; Mondal, Ashis; Shastry, Prakash; Ambatipudi, Arun; Vonzun, Seraina and Riar, Amritbir (2018) Seeding the Green Future - Participatory organic cotton breeding. In: Proceedings of the DIVERSIFOOD Congress 2018, "Cultivating Diversity and Food Quality", 12-12 December 2018, Rennes, France, p. 94.
- Riar, Amritbir; Joshi, Tanay and Messmer, Monika (2018) Seeding the Green Future - Green Cotton 2013 – 2016. Partizipative Bio-Baumwollzüchtung mit Bäuerinnen und Bauern in Indien. Poster at: Tag der Offenen Tür, FiBL Frick, Schweiz, 19.8.2018.
- Messmer, Monika and Riar, Amritbir (2017) Organic Cotton Breeding. Opportunities and Challenges. Paper at: IFOAM SEED PLATFORM & ECO-PB Pre-Conference on Organic Seed and Plant Breeding, New Delhi, India, 8th November 2017.
- Messmer, Monika; Riar, Amritbir; Vonzun, Seraina; Shrivas, Yogendra; Mandloi, Lokendra; Birla, Mahesh; Patidar, Ishwar; Sana, Ramprasad; Mahapatra, Gobinda; Ambatipudi, Arun; Kencharaddi, H. G. and Patil, Shreekant S. (2017) Participatory non-GM cotton breeding to safeguard organic cotton production in India. Poster at: 19th Organic World Congress, New Delhi, India, 9.11. November 2017.
- Riar, Amritbir; Mandloi, Lokendra S.; Poswal, Randhir S.; Messmer, Monika and Bhullar, Gurbir S. (2017) What socially motivates farmers to grow organic cotton in central India? Paper at: 19th Organic World Congress, New Delhi, India, 9-11. November 2017.
- Riar, Amritbir; Mandloi, Lokendra S.; Poswal, Randhir S.; Messmer, Monika M. and Bhullar, Gurbir S. (2017) A Diagnosis of Biophysical and Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Farmers’ Choice to Adopt Organic or Conventional Farming Systems for Cotton Production. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, p. 1289.
- Forster, Dionys; Andres, Christian; Verma, Rajeev; Zundel, Christine; Messmer, Monika and Mäder, Paul (2014) Productivity and profitability on cotton-based production systems under organic and conventional management in India. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.)Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 2, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 647-650.
- Messmer, Monika M.; Shivas, Yogendra; Verma, Rajeev; Ramprasad, Sana; Ambatibudi, Arun and Patil, Shreekant S. (2014) PARTICIPATORY COTTON BREEDING AND CULTIVAR EVALUATION FOR ORGANIC SMALLHOLDERS IN INDIA. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U.(Eds.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 2, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 671-674.
- Forster, Cionys; Andres, Christian; Rajeev, Verma; Zundel, Christine; Messmer, Monika M. and Mäder, Paul (2013) Productivity and Profitability of a Cotton-based Production System under Organic and Conventional Management in India. In: Tielkes, Eric (Ed.) Tropentag 2013 - Agricultural development within the rural-urban continuum - Book of abstract, p. 294.
- Forster, D.; Andres, C.; Verma, R.; Zundel, C.; Messmer, M. and Mäder, P. (2013) Economic profitability of organic vs. conventional cotton-based production systems in a long-term field trial in India. Poster at: First International Conference on Global Food Security, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 29 September - 2 October 2013.
- Forster, Dionys; Andres, Christian; Verma, Rajeev; Zundel, Christine; Messmer, Monika M. and Mäder, Paul (2013) Yield and Economic Performance of Organic and Conventional Cotton-Based Farming Systems – Results from a Field Trial in India. PLOS ONE, 8 (12), pp. 1-15.
- Klaiss, Matthias; Messmer, Monika; Forster, Dionys; Verma, Rajeev; Baruah, Rajeev; Rawal, Vivek; Mandloi, Lokendra S. and Shrivas, Yogendra (2012) Influence of the Fast Spread of Bt Cotton on Organic Cotton Production: Examples from India and Burkina Faso. In:Scientific Conference 2012 Advancing the Understanding of Biosafety, GMO Risk Assessment, Independent Biosafety Research and Holistic Analysis, European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER), Tara Foundation and Third World Network (TWN), pp. 107-118.
- Messmer, Monika; Roner, Tina; Verma, Rajeev; Baruah, Rajeev; Forster, Dionys and Patil, Shreekant S. (2012) Participatory Cotton Breeding for Organic and Low External Input Conditions. Paper at: NUE Crops Workshop, Crete, Greece, 9. -.10. June 2012.
- Roner, T.; Messmer, M. M.; Finckh, M.; Forster, D.; Verma, R.; Baruah, R. and Patil, S. S. (2012) Participatory cotton breeding for organic and low input farming in Central India. In: Tielkes, E. (Ed.) Tropentag 2012 - Resilience of agricultural systems against crises - Book of abstracts, CUVILLIER VERLAG, Göttingen, Germany.
- Baruah, R.; Messmer, M.; Forster, D.; Verma, R. and Patil, S. S. (2011) Participatory Breeding of Cotton for Organic and Low External Input Conditions. Paper at: World Cotton Research Conference, Mumbai, India, 5. - 10. November 2011.
- Forster, Dionys; Messmer, Monika; Baruah, Rajeev and Patil, Shreekant S. (Eds.) (2011) Disappearing non-GM cotton - ways forward to maintain diversity, increase availability and ensure quality of non-GM cotton seed. [Proceedings.] . Proceedings of National Workshop - Disappearing non-GM cotton - ways forward to maintain diversity, increase availability and ensure quality of non-GM cotton seed, Dharwad, Karnataka, 21 June 2011.
- Messmer, Monika; Roner, Tina; Finckh, Maria R.; Forster, Dionys; Rajeev, Verma; Rajeev, Baruah and Shreekant S, Patil (2011) Participatory cotton breeding for organic and low input farming in India. Poster at: ECO-PB Breeding Conference 2011: Organic Plant Breeding: What makes the difference? 10 years’ Anniversary Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, 3rd and 4th November 2011.
- Forster, Dionys; Messmer, Monika; Baruah, Rajeev and Patil, Shreekant S. (Eds.) (2011)
Disappearing non-GM cotton – ways forward to maintain diversity, increase availability and ensure quality of non-GM cotton seed. [Proceedings.] . Proceedings for: National Workshop – Disappearing non-GM cotton – ways forward to maintain diversity, increase availability and ensure quality of non-GM cotton seed, Dharwad, Karnataka, 21 June 2011