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ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES (Details)
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Sep. 30, 2011
Beijing Origin Seed Limited [Member]
    
Entity Incorporation, Date Of Incorporation Dec. 26, 1997 [1]  
Entity Incorporation, State Country Name PRC [1]  
Variable Interest Entity, Qualitative or Quantitative Information, Ownership Percentage 0.00% [1]  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Nature of Operations Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution [1]  
Henan Origin Cotton Technology Development Limited [Member]
    
Entity Incorporation, Date Of Incorporation Mar. 02, 2001 [1]  
Entity Incorporation, State Country Name PRC [1]  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions 92.04% [1]  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Nature of Operations Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution [1]  
Changchun Origin Seed Technology Development Limited [Member]
    
Entity Incorporation, Date Of Incorporation Apr. 29, 2003 [1],[2]  
Entity Incorporation, State Country Name PRC [1],[2]  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions 99.83% [1],[2] 99.00%
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Nature of Operations Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution [1],[2]  
Linze Origin Seed Limited [Member]
    
Entity Incorporation, Date Of Incorporation Nov. 18, 2008 [1]  
Entity Incorporation, State Country Name PRC [1]  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions 100.00% [1]  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Nature of Operations Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution [1]  
Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limited [Member]
    
Entity Incorporation, Date Of Incorporation Jul. 13, 2011 [1],[3]  
Entity Incorporation, State Country Name PRC [1],[3]  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions 51.00% [1],[3]  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Nature of Operations Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution [1],[3]  
Denong Zhengcheng Seed Limited [Member]
    
Entity Incorporation, Date Of Incorporation Jun. 21, 2000 [4]  
Entity Incorporation, State Country Name PRC [4]  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions 98.58% [4] 97.87%
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Nature of Operations Hybrid seed development, production and distribution [4]  
State Harvest Holdings Limited [Member]
    
Entity Incorporation, Date Of Incorporation Oct. 06, 2004  
Entity Incorporation, State Country Name British Virgin Islands  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions 100.00%  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Nature of Operations Investment Holding  
Beijing Origin State Harvest Biotechnology Limited [Member]
    
Entity Incorporation, Date Of Incorporation Dec. 01, 2004  
Entity Incorporation, State Country Name People's Republic of China ("PRC")  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions 100.00%  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Nature of Operations Hybrid seed Technology development  
Shandong Kunfeng Biochemical Limited [Member]
    
Entity Incorporation, Date Of Incorporation Jun. 14, 2006 [5]  
Entity Incorporation, State Country Name PRC [5]  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions 100.00% [5]  
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Nature of Operations Agricultural chemical producer [5]  
[1] Beijing Origin Seed Limited, Henan Origin Cotton Technology Development Limited, Changchun Origin Seed Technology Development Limited, Linze Origin Seed Limited and Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limited are collectively referred to as "Beijing Origin".
[2] In July 2012, Beijing Origin made capital injection to Changchun Origin, leading to an increase in its paid in capital to RMB30,000 from 5,000 in last year. Subsequent to the capital injection, the share ratio of Beijing Origin increased to 99.83% from 99% last year.
[3] During the year, both Beijing Origin and the non-controlling interest made capital injection to Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limited, leading to an increase in its paid in capital to RMB100,000 from RMB40,000 in last year. Subsequent to the capital injection, Beijing Origin holds a 51% ownership interest in Xinjiang Origin.
[4] In June 2012, Beijing Origin made capital injection to Denong, leading to an increase in its paid in capital to RMB120,000 from 80,000 last year. Subsequent to the capital injection, the share ratio of Beijing Origin increased to 98.58% from 97.87% last year.
[5] As of April 6, 2012, Kunfeng has completed its restructuring procedures and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of BioTech.