Hyped 'Desi Bt' (Bikaneri Narma or BN Bt cotton) has Monsanto gene, Govt. stops production.
India's claim of having developed its own Bt cotton (genetically modified) variety has taken an embarrassing turn with an RTI inquiry by 2 scientists revealing how the University of Agriculture Science (UAS) at Dharwar went ahead to produce an indigenous variety working on a gene originally patented by Monsanto.
India's claim of having developed its own Bt cotton (genetically modified) variety has taken an embarrassing turn with an RTI inquiry by 2 scientists revealing how the University of Agriculture Science (UAS) at Dharwar went ahead to produce an indigenous variety working on a gene originally patented by Monsanto.
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