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Industry urges govt to curb surge in illegal HtBt cottonThe illegal cultivation of HtBt cotton doubled this year to around 7 million packets across India and was prevalent in major states like Ma...- Seed industry urges govt to take action against illegal cultivation of HT-Bt cottonThe NSAI said regulators are only limiting their checking to licensed dealers and seed companies while this illegal activity of HT seed sal...
- Non-compliance of guidelines led to resistance of cotton pestBengaluru, May 31 (IANS) India introduced genetically-modified cotton (Bt-cotton) containing Bt-toxins capable of killing the cotton pest w...
- Punjab Agriculture University develops Bt cotton variety with reusable seedsThe new cotton variety is among few others identified by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for cultivation in North region.
- GM animus dooms Indian farmers: Innovation is the answer to affordable Bt cotton technologyThe only GM product allowed for commercial cultivation in the country, Bt cotton has made India the largest cotton producer in the world.
- Monsanto faces challenge from CICR’s Bt cotton varietiesCICR has introduced Bt genes into 21 cotton seed varieties, which scientists say can be provided to farmers at 10% of the price of hybrid s...
- India should look beyond Bt cotton; revisit Bt brinjal: ISAAAIndia has so far permitted commercial cultivation of BT cotton and it was grown in 95% of the total cotton area of 12.25 mn hectare in 2014...
- GEAC clears import of GM soyabean oilGEAC Chairman Hem Pande said "field trials for certain varieties of GM crops including rice, brinjal, chickpea, mustard and cotton had been...
- HC gives Mahyco a chance to contest Karnataka ban on Bt cottonThe High Court said that the state government's order on ban "may treated as proposal" against which Mahyco will file objections within fiv...
- No credible reports to prove GM crops harmful: Sharad PawarThere are no "credible scientific reports" to prove that GM crops have adverse impact on environment, human health and livestock, the gover...
- Bt Brinjal: Jairam Ramesh expresses disappointment as government fails to put in place an independent regulatorRural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh expressed disappointment with his government for failing to put in place an independent regulator.
- Bombay HC upholds Maharashtra Seed Act, delivers blow to industryBombay High Court has upheld the validity of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009 that regulates the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the stat...
- Scientists panel recommends 10-year moratorium on field trials of Bt food cropsA panel of scientists set up on the orders of the Supreme Court has recommended a ten-year moratorium on field trials of all genetically mo...
- Cotton output rises by over 9 per cent due to Bt seeds: StudyCotton production has increased by over 9 per cent with the use hybrid Bt cotton seeds, helping the country become net exporter of the cash...
- Hybrid seeds company Mahyco eyes 10% revenue growth in FY'12Mahyco expected to achieve around 10 per cent growth in revenues to about Rs 690 crore this fiscal on the back of growing demand for improv...
- UAS works on transgenic variant of pigeon-peaUniversity of Agricultural Sciences(UAS), Dharwad has launched work on developing a transgenic variant of pigeon-pea(toor dal).
- Farmers and experts called for moratorium on GM cropsFarmers and experts have called for a moratorium on genetically modified (GM) crops in the country in view of established related health an...
- Institutional advice contrasts ground realityThe divergence between the official/scientific position and what happens on the ground is nowhere as blatant as in agriculture.
- Battle for Bt brinjal hots upWith the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) of the environment ministry putting off a key decision on granting approval for larg...
- States team up to take on US co on Bt cotton priceUS Biotech seed major Monsanto is in for big trouble on the Bt cotton trait fee front. Nine top cotton-growing states of the country have d...
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