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TNAU puts Bt brinjal project on the backburner [1]

IN the wake of the mounting protests against the proposed introduction of Bt brinjal, the Tamil Nadu Agr i c u l t u r a l U n ive r s i t y (TNAU) Vice-Chancellor P Murugesa Boopathi said the institute would not go ahead with its plan of introducing the new varieties for cultivation after the government refused to grant permission for the release.

Publication Date: 
10/02/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Agricultural Research [4], Vegetables [5], GM Crops [6], Tamil Nadu [7], Bt Brinjal [8]
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