Minutes of 78th RCGM meeting held on 23rd June, 2009

4.2 Applications in the area <strong>of</strong> Agriculture.
The Committee considered applications in the area <strong>of</strong> agriculture to receive
uncharacterized T1 generation cotton seeds; import <strong>of</strong> seeds <strong>of</strong> GAT (glyphosate acetyl
transferase) corn; transgenic rice lines; transgenic Arabidopsis seeds; lyophilized cotton leaf bits;
cry1Ac-F and cry1Fa1gene gene construct in binary vector as Agrobacterium
tumifacience/E.coli; transgenic lines <strong>of</strong> Arabidopsis transformed with plasmid vectors; Bacillus
thuringiensis proteins; Cry3bB and TIC1088 protein standards; and transgenic crop species
carrying the marker genes for development <strong>of</strong> protocols for detecting marker genes. The
committee also considered applications to conduct confined field trials on BG-II Roundup Ready
Flex cotton hybrids; to conduct net house trials on transgenic cotton and event selection trials in
net house under confined field conditions for evaluation <strong>of</strong> transgenic groundnut plants etc. R&D
proposal “Monitoring for changes in bollworm susceptibility to Bt toxins deployed in pest
resistant in transgenic cotton plants” for joint funding <strong>of</strong> the project by MoE&F & DBT was also
considered. After deliberation on each application, appropriate decision was taken. Information
on R&D works submitted by IBSCs was also noted by <strong>RCGM</strong>.
5. Any other point with the permission <strong>of</strong> the Chairman.
The next <strong>meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>RCGM</strong> was scheduled on 28.07.2009. No other transaction took
place and the <strong>meeting</strong> ended with vote <strong>of</strong> thanks to the Chair.
The minutes are approved.
Place: Lucknow
Date: 29.06.2009
Sd/
(Dr. V.P. Kamboj)
Chairman, <strong>RCGM</strong> and
INSA Honorary Scientist
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