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Biosafety studies on GM cotton approved in Bolivia
Feb. 20, 2012
The Biosafety Clearing House of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Bolivia has approved the conduct of biosafety studies of Bt cotton, a process necessary for eventual commercialization. Studies will be done on the following events: Monsanto's MON 531 with resistance to lepidopteran insects, and Bollgard / Cryx (event MON 15893 x MON 531) with resistance to lepidopteran insects and tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate.
Currently the only approved GM crop in Bolivia is RR soybean (event 40-3-2 by Monsanto). Bolivian farmers planted the crop on 900,000 hectares in 2011.
Source: ISAAA
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