Genetically engineered crop benefits by 2001

BHUBANESWAR, JAN 16: Benefits of genetically-engineered crop species, immune to pest attacks and now being developed by scientists in Ind...

• Written by Press Trust Of India
• January 17, 1999 12:00 AM IST
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BHUBANESWAR, JAN 16: Benefits of genetically-engineered crop species, immune to pest attacks and now being developed by scientists in India, might reach farmers by 2001, according to an expert. The technology involving a soil bacterium – bacillus thuringiensis – bt, had already been accepted as an alternative strategy for insect pest management by reducing usage of pesticides.

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