Report on GM crops unfortunate: industry

The parliamentary committee on agriculture has strongly criticised the regulatory system on genetically modified (GM) crops in the country, …

Untangling India’s Bt cotton fraud

ICAR’s top research institutes and GEAC exposed in Bt cotton research scam

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Here is the latest on genetically-modified plants with enough power to neutralise some of the most potent pollutants we know today

Bt Cotton imbroglio

A failure of our scientific preparedness. Where are our scientists?

Furore over seeds

Sri Lanka regulates GM food import

Public protests mount against Bt brinjal

Supreme Court seeks details on steps to protect indigenous varieties

Modified by climate

Global warming has resulted in genetic alternations among living beings

Playing safe

Low cost, high risk

Weedy resistance

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Solving poverty

Gurdev S Khush is the principal plant breeder in the Plant breeding, genetics and biochemistry division of the International Rice Research …

Modified situations

The Philippines introduces stringent laws for GM products; six European countries in the dock for lax GMO laws

Gearing up for Bt cotton

Farmers ready to sow GM cotton in Andhra Pradesh

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Chhattisgarh proactive in checking illegal BT rice trials

NDA government ambivalent about calling off GM trials

Scientists ask Narendra Modi to call off trials of genetically modified food crops, caution against biotech companies being allowed to take away …

Modified dangers

Bt maize can stunt the growth of caterpillars

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