Monsanto looks beyond Bt brinjal

Even as the country awaits the final word on genetically modified brinjal, seed company Monsanto is moving ahead with new products. Monsanto (India) is testing a new variety of corn (maize) that......

Monsanto threatens to re-evaluate India biz over Bt cotton row

Monsanto Co, the world's biggest seed company, threatened to pull out of India on Friday if the government imposed a big cut in the royalties that local firms pay for its genetically modified (Bt)......

New pests hit Bt cotton: Govt lab

The Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), the cotton research institute of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, has contested Monsanto's claim that the pink bollworm, a pest that......

The chaos called Bt brinjal!

In Medhasan village of North Gujarat many farmers are complaining that Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco), a big-time promoter of the hybrid seeds, has provided some of them Bt brinjal seeds......