New
Delhi, India
April 2009
 Source:
Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee (GEAC)
Report submitted to the Indian
Council of Agricultural Research
EVALUATION OF BT COTTON HYBRIDS
The All India Coordinated Cotton
Improvement Project (AICCIP) of the Indian Council of
Agricultural Research was assigned the task of evaluating Bt
Cotton hybrids of private R&D firms belonging to four events
which have been approved for commercial cultivation by GEAC
(Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India) in the
South Zone during the crop season of 2008‐09. The technical
programme for the conduct of ICAR trials was formulated during
All India Coordinated Cotton Improvement Project (AICCIP) Group
Meeting held at Punjab
Agricultural University, Ludhiana on 10th April, 2008. As the
number of entries was large from the sponsoring private R&D
firms, it was decided to have two sets of first year Intra
Hirsutum Hybrid Evaluation trials viz., Trial “Set A” and Trial
“Set B” for both irrigated as well as rainfed conditions
separately and one inter‐specific ( G.hirsutum x G.barbadense )
hybrid trial under irrigated conditions. The same Bt and non‐Bt
check hybrids were used in both the sets of trials to maintain
parity in evaluation.
The following sponsored Bt cotton hybrids were evaluated during
2008‐09.
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