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Bt Cotton: Expert demands inquiry

The story of Bt cotton cultivation in India is getting murkier by the day and it deserves a full fledged inquiry on all aspects, said Dr Suman Sahai of'Gene Campaign'.In a press conference in New......

US students head for corporate India

In the three months that 19-year-old Sujey Subramanian (above, first row, second from right), a Stanford undergraduate student, spent in India this summer working at Tata Consultancy Services,......

The chaos called Bt brinjal!

In Medhasan village of North Gujarat many farmers are complaining that Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco), a big-time promoter of the hybrid seeds, has provided some of them Bt brinjal seeds......

NBA to file case against developers of BT Brinjal

The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is all set to file the country's firstever bio-piracy criminal case against companies involved in developing BT Brinjal by using its local variety, a top......

GM crops: All-party par panel for ban on trials

The report of Parliament's standing committee on agriculture and genetically modified crops has asked for an end to all field trials for these. "Further research and development on transgenics in......

Brinjal debacle still raw, Bt rice on course

Bt brinjal may have gone into the deep freezer, but that has hardly dampened the enthusiasm of Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co from coming up with new genetically modified crops. Mahyco now plans to......

90% of cotton area under Bt

Bt cotton has surpassed 90 per cent of cotton acreage this kharif season with farmers continuing to gain from the high-yielding seed since its commercialisation in 2002.Over the last eight years,......

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Q. What is bt brinjal??....tell in brief....
:  A. Bt brinjal, a genetically modified strain created by India's number one seeds company Mahyco in collaboration with American multinational Monsanto,...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-bt-brinjal....tell-in-brief....//answers/16616297

tisha bhambry
Q. What is difference between brinjal and bt.brinjal?
Tisha Bhambry:  A. brinjal as we know is our common vegetable,baingan regarding bt.brinjal,An Indian private seed company, Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Limited...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-difference-between-brinjal-and-bt.brinjal/16604737/answers/16631644

mohd  yousuf
Q. What is B.T. Brinjal?
Mohd Yousuf:  A. Bt Brinjal is a transgenic brinjal created out of inserting a gene [Cry 1Ac] from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis into Brinjal. The...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-b.t.-brinjal/16629533/answers/16549688

BANJUL KUMAR
Q. Why there is so much fuss over BT Brinjal?
BANJUL KUMAR:  A. This case discusses the introduction of bt brinjal in india in the backdrop of the controversy surrounding genetically modified (gm) crops in...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/why-there-is-so-much-fuss-over-bt-brinjal/16549664/answers/16492458

Uncommon Freind
Q. What is this BT Brinjal issue?
Uncommon Freind:  A. Release of Bt brinjal into the environment for food, feed and cultivation may present a serious risk for human and animal health; the GM aubergine...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-this-bt-brinjal-issue/16492288/answers/16492548

  Web results for Mahyco
Apex body stays transgenic trials

The Association of Biotech-Led Enterprises - Agriculture Group (ABLE AG) - the industry body representing agri-biotechnology companies, has sought... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Apex-body-stays-transgenic-trials/2013/05/19/article1596514.ece
India Seed Industry Outlook to FY2018 - Rapid Hybridization in Vegetables, Corn and Rice to Impel Growth

Ken Research: India Seed Industry Outlook to FY2018 - Rapid Hybridization in Vegetables, Corn and Rice to Impel Growth May 8, 2013 - New Delhi,... ...

http://www.andhranews.net/India/2013/Ken-Research-India-Seed-Industry-Outlook-565.htm
Conflict of interest in expert panel on GM crops

The Coalition for GM-free India has urged the Supreme Court to "remove" the Agriculture Ministry's nominee from the Technical Expert Committee... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/conflict-of-interest-in-expert-panel-on-gm-crops/article4693374.ece
Mahyco allowed to sell Bt cotton seeds

After cancelling its licence to sell 12 varieties of Bt cotton seeds last year, the State government has allowed Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/mahyco-allowed-to-sell-bt-cotton-seeds/article4689665.ece
Risk on a platter

A recent research on the safety of GM (genetically modified) foods has exposed the folly of limiting earlier researches to just 90 days as it found... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/risk-on-a-platter/article4683845.ece

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