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2007-03-15 | permalink
Indian Genetic Engineering Approval Committee stops Bt cotton approvals for 2007
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) which met on Wednesday withheld any fresh approval of bt cotton for commercial cultivation in the ensuing summer season. About 11 BT cotton hybrids with CRY 1 AC gene expression, 5 BT cotton hybrids expressing stacked genes and one bt cotton hybrid expressing CRY1 AC event 1 was on the agenda for approval for commercial cultivation. All these hybrids have gone through the requisite processes of field trials. ”We did not approve any new BT cotton hybrids for commercial cultivation as the matter is subjudiced in the Supreme Court,” said a senior GEAC official.
- The Financial Express, India: BT cotton cultivation unlikely this summer
- Zee News, India: Agriculture ministry to take up spurious GM seeds issue: Pawar
- The Economic Times, India: Genetic seeds set to lift cotton output growth to 8.3% a year
- New Scientist Environment Blog, UK: Cotton seed confusion in poor countries
- Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Inda: Genetically modified crops - Lok Sabha
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2007-03-15 | permalink
Indian Genetic Engineering Approval Committee stops Bt cotton approvals for 2007
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) which met on Wednesday withheld any fresh approval of bt cotton for commercial cultivation in the ensuing summer season. About 11 BT cotton hybrids with CRY 1 AC gene expression, 5 BT cotton hybrids expressing stacked genes and one bt cotton hybrid expressing CRY1 AC event 1 was on the agenda for approval for commercial cultivation. All these hybrids have gone through the requisite processes of field trials. ”We did not approve any new BT cotton hybrids for commercial cultivation as the matter is subjudiced in the Supreme Court,” said a senior GEAC official.
- The Financial Express, India: BT cotton cultivation unlikely this summer
- Zee News, India: Agriculture ministry to take up spurious GM seeds issue: Pawar
- The Economic Times, India: Genetic seeds set to lift cotton output growth to 8.3% a year
- New Scientist Environment Blog, UK: Cotton seed confusion in poor countries
- Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Inda: Genetically modified crops - Lok Sabha
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