Status of GMOs and Products

Agriculture applications

Transgenic crops under development and field trials in 2010 , 2009, 2008, 2007 , 2006

FIELD TRIALS OF GM CROPS (CONTAINING NEW GENES/EVENTS) IN YEAR 2008

S.No. Crop Company Name Trial Trait Gene/Event 1. Cauliflower Sungro Seeds Research Ltd. BRL-I Insect Resistance cry1Ac 2. Cotton Dow AgroSciences India Pvt. Ltd. BRL-I Insect Resistance cry1Ac & cry1F (WideStrike = Event 3006-210-23 and Event 281-24-236)     JK Agrigenetics Ltd BRL-I Insect Resistance cry1Ac (Event-1) and cry1EC (Event-24)     MAHYCO BRL-I Insect resistance and Herbicide tolerance cry1Ac & cry2Ab (MON 15985) and CP4EPSPS (MON 88913)     Metahelix Life Sciences LST Insect Resistance cry1C (MLS9124 event)     Central Institute for Cotton Research LST Insect Resistance cry 1Ac 3. Rice Bayer Bioscience Pvt. Ltd. Event selection Insect Resistance cry 1 Ab, cry 1C & bar 4. Tomato Avesthagen Ltd. Event selection Increased lycopene content unedited NAD9 5. Corn Monsanto India Ltd. BRL-I Insect resistance and Herbicide tolerance Stacked cry2Ab2 and cryA.105 (MON 89034) & CP4EPSPS (NK603)

BRL-I: Biosafety Research Level-I

BRL-II: Biosafety Research Level-II

LST: Large Scale Trial