Gm Hybrid Cotton
Growing better crops
The adoption of hybrid seeds by Indian farmers was not an accident, but it was through the application of a well-designed consumer strategy
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Has India's outlook towards GM changed or is it just a flash in the pan?
Quick decision-making has pumped up the scientific community, particularly for those who work in the field of agriculture sciences
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Monsanto, Mahyco face heat over Glycel Bt Cotton
Hyderabad, 12 October: Communist Party of India(CPI)-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha has asked Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee(GEAC) to take action against Monsanto and its Indian partner Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Limited(Mahyco) for alleged criminal negligence resulting in large scale cultivation of unapproved genetically modified(GM) hybrid cotton crop featuring herbicide tolerance trait in the country. Recent news reports backed by lab tests and and other empirical evidence suggested that GM cotton seed with twin transgenic traits of herbicide tolerance and bollworm resistance, which is popularly known as Glycel BT Cotton, was being cultivated across major cotton-growing states including Andhra Pradesh, Maharahstra and Telangana even though it has no seal of approval from GEAC nor there was a licensed seller. So far only Bollgard I and Bollgard II hybrid cotton seeds with bollworm resistance trait are approved for cultivation in India.The farmers' body holds ...
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