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Report of Dr S K Sopory Committee on BNLA106 event (Genetic Transformation of an elite Indian Genotype of Cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L.) for insect resistance [1]

Submitted by sheeja on Thu, 2012-12-20 14:15

The Bt cotton in question is the Bikaneri Narma (BN) Bt (variety) and the Bt NHH-44 (Bt hybrid) touted as the “first indigenous public sector-bred GM crop in India” developed by the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur (CICR) and University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (UAS) along with Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI). It was approved by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), the apex regulator in 2008. The developers had claimed that the event engineered into BNBt and Bt NHH 44 is a distinct event called BNLA106. After a year of commercialisation and without any explanation BNBt and Bt NHH44 were withdrawn from the market. It was found to have the event (MON531) originally patented by Monsanto, this came to light after Mahyco complained about it. The Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR) was compelled to institute an enquiry to examine the matter, when it came to light that BNBt was contaminated by a gene patented by Monsanto- whether deliberately or otherwise.

Publisher : 
Indian Council of Agricultural Research [2]
Place of Publication: 
New Delhi [3]
thesaurus: 
Bt Cotton [4]
India [5]
GMOs [6]
Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR) [7]
Mahyco [8]
Monsanto [9]
Biosafety [10]
Attachment(s): 
BN-Bt-cotton-report.pdf [11]
Main Topic: 
Agriculture [12]
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Publication Date: 
01/08/2012
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[9] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monsanto
[10] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biosafety
[11] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/BN-Bt-cotton-report.pdf
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