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Trials and Seed Production of Bt Cotton Hybrids approved
New Delhi: July 15, 2004

Large-scale trials and seed production of several hybrids of Bt cotton were approved by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), which met here last evening. The Bt cotton hybrids, which were approved, include:

61623; MRC 6304 Bt for Central Zone and MRC 6918 Bt and MRC 6928 Bt for south zone containing Cry 1Ac gene (MON 531) developed by M/s Mahyco.

61623; NCS 145 Bt (Bunny) and NCS 207 Bt (Mallika) for Central Zone and South zone containing Cry 1Ac gene (MON 531) developed by M/s Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd.

61623; MRC 7326 BG-II, MRC 7301 BG-II, MRC 7160 BG-II and MRC 7201 BG-II for Central zone and South zone containing stacked genes Cry 1Ac gene and Cry 2Ab gene (Bollgard II) developed by M/s Mahyco.

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