India authorities are reported to have approved large-scale field trials for a genetically modified variety of brinjal, the first such trial to be approved on a food crop in India.
The new hybrid variety, which could improve crop yield and allow for reduced application rates of crop inputs, will be one of the latest GM trials to be held in the country.
At present the only GM crop cultivated on a commercial basis in India is B.t. cotton. In October 2006, field trials with B.t. mustard seed were approved, however this is not a food crop.
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