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- Title
Genetic panel okays new pleas for Bt cotton release.
- Abstract
The article reports on the decision of the genetic engineering approval committee (GEAC) to consider applications for the commercial launch of Bt cotton in India. On its meeting, GEAC considered applications relating to the field trials and commercial release of transgenic hybridism expressing cry 1 Ac gene, stacked genes cry 1 Ac and cry 2 Ab and GFM cry 1 A and cry 1 Ac events. It also discussed the field trials for Bt cotton expressing approved gene events in north India. In addition, GEAC tackled the application issued by Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co. Ltd. to conduct trials on transgenic stack cotton hyrbids.
- Subjects
INDIA; EXPERIMENTAL agriculture; COTTON; TRANSGENIC plants; GENETIC engineering; PLANT hybridization; MAHARASHTRA Hybrid Seeds Co. Ltd.
- Publication
Man-Made Textiles in India, 2008, Vol 51, Issue 5, p182
- ISSN
0377-7537
- Publication type
Article