GM Rubber: MoEF Proposes Field Trials For 14 Years

The trials will not be done in commercially cultivated holdings and the growth of the GM rubber plants will be closely monitored by a multi-disciplinary team of scientists. Without field trials, it would not be possible to state whether there will be any adverse effects to the ecosystem from GM rubber, said Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh in a letter to Kerala Agriculture Minister Mullakara Ratnakaran. Read the full report here.

Source: K.S. Sudhi, The Hindu, Kochi.