GENET-news
To stay informed you can subscribe to the GENET-news list.
2007-05-21 | permalink
Fallout of SC ruling: 49 new GM cotton strains cleared in India
Forty-nine. That’s the total number of transgenic cotton hybrids cleared for commercial cultivation in a single day by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC). This follows the Supreme Court’s May 8 ruling, relaxing its ban on fresh approvals for commercial release of any genetically modified (GM) crop.
- The Hindu Business Line, India: Fallout of SC ruling: 49 new GM cotton strains cleared
- The Financial Express, India: BT Cotton gets green signal
- The Financial Express, India: Industry is suppressing harmful effects of GM crops
- The Indian Express, India: MP farmers stage protests, seek one variety of Bt cotton
- Business Standard, India: Interim solution
Overview
News
2007-05-21 | permalink
Fallout of SC ruling: 49 new GM cotton strains cleared in India
Forty-nine. That’s the total number of transgenic cotton hybrids cleared for commercial cultivation in a single day by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC). This follows the Supreme Court’s May 8 ruling, relaxing its ban on fresh approvals for commercial release of any genetically modified (GM) crop.
- The Hindu Business Line, India: Fallout of SC ruling: 49 new GM cotton strains cleared
- The Financial Express, India: BT Cotton gets green signal
- The Financial Express, India: Industry is suppressing harmful effects of GM crops
- The Indian Express, India: MP farmers stage protests, seek one variety of Bt cotton
- Business Standard, India: Interim solution
GENET-news & GENET-forum
GENET-news is providing a daily news service on a range of topics regarding genetic engineering. We are screening the worldwide English news, press releases and other publications to provide you with a strategic selection of information. GENET-news enables you to stay informed about all aspects of the global controversy around GE technologies and GE organisms. You can subscribe by 
email.
The GENET-forum list provides you with additional background information and more voluminous reports. It is only open for GENET members. Please contact the coordinator for membership and subscription.