Nagpur: Two years after a special investigation team (SIT) to probe smuggling of illegal herbicide tolerant (HT) cotton seeds in the state was formed, the two-member team has prepared only a rough draft of its report. The SIT, which was formed in February, 2018, was supposed to submit its report …
Rashme Sehgal New Delhi, March 9: Despite Monsanto admitting that its Bt cotton (Bollgard-1) had failed to control pests in four districts of Gujarat, GEAC, apex regulator of genetically-modified crops, has cleared the Bollgard-2 variety, which has two Bt resistant genes, thereby increasing its toxicity. Bt cotton (Bollgard-1) carries the …
K.V. Kurmanath Even as reports of Bt cotton 1 developing resistance to pink bollworm create concern in the farming community, Monsanto has begun work on two new technologies Bollgard III, the third generation Bt cotton technology, and Roundup Ready Flex (RRF), a technology that gives herbicide tolerance to the plant. …
In a setback for genetically engineered cotton, Monsanto, innovator of the strain, confirmed what sceptics had said might well happen, that the pests it was supposed to resist better than natural cotton would also innovate. The company confirmed today that the pink bollworm, the damaging pest against which the genetically …
Priscilla Jebaraj Firm asks farmers to switch to its second-generation product to delay resistance further Pink bollworm resistant to pest-killing protein of Bt cotton in four districts Monsanto's advice ridiculous, say scientists NEW DELHI: For the first time anywhere in the world, biotech agriculture giant Monsanto has admitted that insects …
HOW CAN A LOWLY VEGETABLE BE AN ISSUE OF NATIONAL SECURITY? IS THERE A FOREIGN HAND IN YOUR BELLY? SHOMA CHAUDHURY LAYS BARE THE COMPLEX STORY OF Bt BRINJAL AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU THE lowly brinjal you have always known turning into a sci-fi gizmo — with an uncharted …
As I write this page, the Union minister for environment and forests is deliberating whether Bt brinjal can be grown and eaten in India. So, at the outset, let me make my own bias clear. I am not an anti-GM person; I have no ideological problems with the use of …
The past fortnight was a busy one for those tracking Bt brinjal. Union minister of state for environment, Jairam Ramesh, held public consultations in three cities to garner support for Bt brinjal even as Union agriculture minister asserted the approval by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (geac) for commercial cultivation …
AP GM can have some remarkable effects HUNDREDS of farmers in long, faded cotton sarongs swarmed outside an auditorium at Bangalore University on February 6th. They were waiting for India
The research isn't unequivocal and hasn't been publicly-funded either - given the concerns, it's not worth the risk Sunita Narain / New Delhi February 12, 2010, 0:40 IST As I write this, the Union minister of environment and forests has decided to put the introduction of Bt brinjal on hold. …
The Ministry of Law and Justice has given a green signal to the government to sign a deal with Monsanto, a US-based agriculture firm, to introduce certified Bt Cotton seed for enhancing cotton production. Well-informed sources told Business Recorder that the two sides had already signed the Letter of Intent …
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: A memorandum of understanding would be signed with an American seed company Monsanto in February, paving way for supply of certified bio-tech (BT) cotton seeds in the country, minister for food and agriculture Nazar Mohammad Gondal said here on Thursday. He was presiding over a meeting of …
Trait fee charged ranges from 15%-25% of MRP. The technology fee varied depending on the maximum retail price, the gene construct and also the region. Harish Damodaran Monsanto will gross roughly Rs 340 crore from licensing its proprietary Bollgard (BG) gene traits to Bt cotton hybrid seed firms in India …
K P Prabhakaran Nair Monsanto's larger strategy is to control the entire seed industry in India in 10-15 years. Bt cotton was the first step. Bt brinjal is the second. Before long, it will be Bt rice, Bt maize, and so forth Heat stability studies carried out on the Bt …
Pushpa M Bhargava The GEAC has put faith in Monsanto, and has accepted what it has said as the gospel truth, in spite of Monsanto's extremely poor record of honesty, integrity and ethics, spanning over decades Larger number of mutations occur on genetic manipulation than in normal plant-breeding. This changes …
The war over genetically modified foods is entering a new phase. At last, the GM industry has produced what it promised at the outset: a product designed to have real benefits for consumers. It's an oil from soybean modified to produce omega-3 fatty acids essential for health and proven to …
