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The Ever-Tenuous Success of Plants Engineered To Kill Insect Foes

Dan Charles, Knowable Magazine 29/05/2023

Bt crops keep many agricultural pests at bay and...

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India’s GM Crops Regulation Should Be Based on a Gene’s Effects, Not Its Source

Henry I. Miller, Kathleen L. Hefferon and Ronald Herring 15/06/2022

New regulation in India accepts two forms of gene...

Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, Bt cotton, GM mustard, Bt brinjal, HTBt cotton, GM crops, genetically modified organisms, GM satyagraha, Jairam Ramesh, Deepak Pental, Monsanto,

The Strange Case of India’s ‘First’ Public-Sector Bt Cotton Variety

Meena Menon 11/06/2022

Manjula Maralappanavar has been accused of using genes not...

Bt cotton, Monsanto, Nuziveedu Seeds, Bacillus thuringiensis, Bt toxins, transgene, PPVFR Act, Patents Act 1970, sui generis, TRIPS Agreement, bollworm, patentability,

Supreme Court’s Monsanto Ruling Overlooks Need to Protect Farmers’ Rights

Kumar Karan and Mehak Sachdeva 11/01/2019

By allowing Monsanto its patent under the Patents Act...

Monsanto, bollworm pest, Bt cotton, TRIPS Agreement, plant breeding, agritech, Supreme Court of India, Delhi high court, crop biotechnology, Nuziveedu, Indian seed companies, Cry2Ab gene, Helicoverpa armigera, Bacillus thuringiensis, GM mustard, Bt brinjal, PPVFR Act 2001, Patents Act 1970s, Rohinton Nariman,

Backgrounder: The Laws Surrounding Monsanto’s Claim to the Bt Cotton Patent

Kumar Karan and Mehak Sachdeva 08/01/2019

How can a company own a patent over genetically...

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Explainer: SC Will Not Stay High Court Order in Monsanto v. Nuziveedu Case

T.V. Padma 14/05/2018

If the patent on Bt cotton were removed and...