New Delhi, India
May, 2007
The 76th Meeting of the
Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) was held on
11.5.2007 at 11.00 AM in Room No. 624 in the Ministry of
Environment and Forests under the Chairmanship of Shri B. S.
Parsheera, Additional Secretary, MoEF and Chairman GEAC.
Full notice:
http://www.envfor.nic.in/divisions/csurv/geac/geac-may-76.pdf
Source:
CropBiotech Update
53 new Bt cotton hybrids commercially
approved in India
The
Genetic Engineering Approval Committee of India (GEAC)
approved on May 11 53 new varieties of Bt cotton hybrids for
commercial sale in India in 2007. Effectively 49 new hybrids
have been cleared and two hybrids of Mahyco have been accorded
renewal of permission for commercial release. In 2006, 62 Bt
cotton hybrids were available to farmers for planting in three
different cotton growing zones. With these new
approvals, farmers will have choice to select among 111 Bt
cotton hybrids in India in 2007 season. The approval of new
hybrids were granted in the light of the Supreme Court recent
order, which accorded approval for commercial release of Bt
cotton hybrids expressing approved gene events MON 531 event,
MON 15985, Event-1 and GFM event.
Event-wise approval of new Bt
cotton hybrids in 2007
|
Events |
Bt Cotton Hybrid |
Total |
|
North Zone
|
Central Zone
|
|
BG-I |
13 |
23 |
36 |
|
BG-II |
4 |
5 |
9 |
|
Event-I |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
GFM Event |
- |
4 |
4 |
|
Total |
18 |
35 |
53 |
Source:
Compiled by ISAAA
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