GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Rice
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Mustard
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Cotton
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Wheat
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bt cotton is the only genetically modified (GM) crop that has been approved for commercial cultivation in 2002 by the Government of India.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bt. Cotton is the only GM crop that can be commercially cultivated in India. It was first used in India in the year 2002.
Detailed explanation-3: -GM crops in India Indian farmers started cultivating Bt cotton, a pest-resistant, genetically modified version of cotton, in 2002-03. Bt modification is a type of genetic modification where the Bt gene obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is introduced into the target crop – in this case, cotton.
Detailed explanation-4: -First genetically modified plant commercially released in India is Bt cotton. This has been developed by MAHYCO (Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company) in collaboration with American company, Monsanto.