1. Agricultural Biotechnology in India

2. “ Transgenics” or GMOs are defined as those organisms with a gene or genetic construct of interest that has been introduced by molecular or recombinant DNA techniques

5. Gene gun

6. Transformation by Gene gun

9. Control Flavor Saver

13. Global area of Biotech crops in 2005 (Million hectares) Cotton 0.3 (< 1%) Australia 10. Maize, Soybean 0.3 (< 1%) Uruguay 9. Maize, Cotton, Soybean 0.5 (1%) South Africa 8. Cotton 1.3 (1%) India 7. Soybean 1.8 (2%) Paraguay 6. Cotton 3.3 (4%) China 5. Canola, Maize, Soybean 5.8 (6%) Canada 4. Soybean 9.4 (10%) Brazil 3. Soybean, Maize, Cotton 17.1 (19%) Argentina 2. Soybean, Maize, Cotton, Canola, Squash, Papaya 49.8 (55%) USA 1. Crops Area Country S. No.

14. Global area of Biotech crops in 2005 (Million hectares) Maize < 0.1 Czech Republic 21. Maize < 0.1 France 20. Maize < 0.1 Germany 19. Maize < 0.1 Portugal 18. Maize < 0.1 Honduras 17. Rice < 0.1 Iran 16. Cotton < 0.1 Colombia 15. Maize 0.1 (< 1%) Spain 14. Maize 0.1 (< 1%) Philippines 13. Soybean 0.1 (< 1%) Romania 12. Soybean, Cotton 0.1 (< 1%) Mexico 11. Crops Area Country S. No.

17. Dominant Biotech Crops, 2005 100% 90.0 Total 2 1.3 Herbicide tolerant cotton 8 4 3.4 Herbicide tolerant maize 7 4 3.6 Bt/herbicide tolerant cotton 6 5 4.6 Herbicide tolerant Canola 5 5 4.9 Bt cotton 4 7 6.5 Bt/herbicide tolerant maize 3 13 11.3 Bt maize 2 60 54.4 Herbicide tolerant soybean 1 %Biotech MHa Crop S. No.

19. Global value of Biotech crop market 29321 Total 5248 2005 4663 2004 4152 2003 3656 2002 3235 2001 2734 2000 2703 1999 1973 1998 842 1997 115 1996 Value (Million $US) Year

20. VEGETABLES Tomato, Potato, Eggplant Lettuce, Celery, Cauliflower Cabbage, Sugarbeet, Carrot, Cucumbers, Sweetpotato, Cassava FRUITS Apple, Strawberry, Walnut, Muskmelon, Papaya, Grape Transgenic Crops for Food EDIBLE OILS Mustard Oilseed rape Canola Sunflower CEREALS Wheat, Rice Maize, Rye LEGUMES Soybean, Pigeon pea, Chick pea

22. Biotech Industry in India (2004-05) BioPharma corners three-fourth of Indian market ($811 million out of $1070 million) 36.55 100.00 100.00 1078.41 789.77 Total Industry Size 29.72 54.55 153.85 34.45 25.00 75.24 8.96 6.95 6.74 2.11 79.19 7.91 3.74 6.85 2.30 811.36 96.59 75.00 72.73 22.73 625.45 62.50 29.55 54.09 18.18 BioPharma BioServices BioAgri BioIndustrial Bioinformatics 2004-05 2003-04 2004-05 2003-04 Growth (%) Market Share (%) Revenues ($ million) Segment

32. Bt cotton in India 13,00,000 2005 5,00,000 2004 100,000 2003 50,000 2002 Area under cultivation (ha) Year

34. Bt cotton varieties approved for commercial cultivation in various zones Source : MoEF North M/s Rasi Seeds Ltd RCH – 317 Bt 10 North M/s Rasi Seeds Ltd RCH – 134 Bt 9 South M/s Rasi Seeds Ltd RCH – 368 Bt 8 South M/s Rasi Seeds Ltd RCH – 20 Bt 7 Central M/s Rasi Seeds Ltd RCH - 138 Bt 6 Central M/s Rasi Seeds Ltd RCH –118 Bt 5 Central M/s Rasi Seeds Ltd RCH –144 Bt 4 Central & South M/s Rasi Seeds Ltd RCH 2 Bt 3 Central & South M/s Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd. NCS – 145 Bunny 2 Central & South M/s Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd. NCS – 207 Mallika 1 Zone Name of Company Name of Hybrid S. No

35. Bt cotton varieties approved for commercial cultivation in various zones Central zone : MP, Maharashtra & Gujarat * not renewed for AP South Zone : AP, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu North Zone : Punjab, Rajasthan & Haryana Central & South (renewed) M/s Mahyco MECH 184 Bt * 20 Central & South (renewed) M/s Mahyco MECH 162 Bt * 19 Central (renewed) M/s Mahyco MECH 12 Bt* 18 Central M/s Ankur Seeds Ltd Ankur – 09 17 North M/s Ankur Seeds Ltd Ankur 2534 Bt 16 Central & North M/s Ankur Seeds Ltd Ankur – 651 Bt 15 North M/s Mahyco MRC – 6304 Bt 14 Central & North M/s Mahyco MRC – 6301 Bt 13 South M/s Mahyco MRC – 6918 Bt 12 South M/s Mahyco MRC – 6322 Bt 11 Zone Name of Company Name of Hybrid S. No

43. Golden Rice Daffodils Erwinia bacteria Genes Plasmids Agrobacteria Kernel Hull Embryo Provitamin A producing rice embryo 1 2 3 4 Locally important varieties

47. ß-carotene rich Mustard oil

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