Sharad Joshi advocated SEZs in areas of India's comparative advantage, notably organic farming, aromatic and medicinal plants, manufacture of hybrid seeds and horticulture.
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India granted commercial approval Wednesday to an insect-protected hybrid cotton seed that's made by Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co ., to which Monsanto provides technology.
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Incorporation of these systems for male sterility evades the need for emasculation in cross-pollinated species, thus encouraging cross breeding producing only hybrid seeds under natural conditions.
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Agriculture is becoming increasingly industrialized, dominated by heavy machinery and requiring large amounts of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, which are designed to mesh with hybrid seeds.
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Mycogen Seeds on Wednesday completed its acquisition of Cargill Hybrid Seeds from Cargill Inc . and will integrate the business into Mycogen, which is affiliated with Dow AgroSciences LLC.
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All of the hybrid seeds planted by the farmer will produce similar plants while the seeds of the next generation from those hybrids will not consistently have the desired characteristics.
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As a part of the green revolution he enabled the much needed progress in the field of agriculture by introducing high yielding hybrid seeds during the period of 1960 1970.
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But genetically engineered crops, in general, offer seeds that have to be purchased every year, much as hybrid seeds are purchased annually by tens of thousands of American farmers.
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SG Biofuels, a San Diego-based jatropha developer, has used molecular breeding and biotechnology to produce elite hybrid seeds that show significant yield improvements over first-generation varieties.
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Now, they are also attracting those who are concerned about the spread of genetic engineering into the food chain and the concentration of control over hybrid seeds in fewer and fewer corporations.
