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What is BT Brinjal? It is creating so much controversy in India with even the Environment minister going back and forth over the issue.

Like most people assume, BT here does not stand for Bio-Technology! Bt Brinjal is Bacillus thuringiensis Brinjal.

Bt Brinjal is a genetically modified brinjal (syn: eggplant, aubergine, begun) created by inserting a gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) into brinjal. This has been developed ...

Updated February 14th, 2010 at 04:33 AM by Shashikiran

Tags: bt brinjal, genetic engineering, genetically modified, mahyco, monsanto, vegetable

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