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New Delhi, Nov 23: with the weeds.
Corn that is genetically modified allows glyphosate to kill the weeds, while the crop remains safe from its effects. The Monsanto India's GM corn hybrids also contains genes - cry 1A.105 and cry 2Ab2 - derived from the soil bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis, claimed to be resistant to lepidopteran pests.
The petitioners have also submitted to the Supreme Court their own study on reproductive problems caused to buffalo and sheep on account of grazing over Bt cotton fields in Hissar in Haryana. The study was conducted with the assistance of veterinary scientists.
The petitioners have also produced the recorded comments of scientist Pushpa M Bhargava on the GEAC's dismal performance.
Bhargava is the special invitee to GEAC meetings at the instance of the order of the Supreme Court....
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