Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India.
Insect Vector Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India.
Planta. 2024 Sep 4;260(4):86. doi: 10.1007/s00425-024-04511-1.
The review offers insights into the current state of research on insect pest-resistant GM crops and the regulations governing the cultivation of GM crops in India. India has a rich crop diversity of more than 160 major and minor crops through its diverse agroclimatic conditions. Insect pests alone cause around USD 36 billion in crop loss annually in India. The last two decades witnessed considerable progress in managing insect pests by adopting innovative techniques including transgenics. In research, significant advancement has been brought in insect pest-resistant transgenics in India since its inception in 2002. However, any events have not been endorsed owing to biosafety impediments, except Bt cotton reaching the commercial release stage. A landmark decision to exempt certain types of gene-edited plants from genetically modified organism (GMO) regulations offers great promise for developing novel insect-resistant crops in India. The article reviews the current research on insect pest-resistant transgenics and its regulations in India.
本文回顾了印度抗虫转基因作物的研究现状和抗虫转基因作物的监管规定。印度拥有超过 160 种主要和次要作物，其农业气候条件多样。仅虫害每年就导致印度的作物损失约 360 亿美元。过去二十年，通过采用转基因等创新技术，在防治虫害方面取得了相当大的进展。自 2002 年开始，印度在抗虫转基因研究方面取得了重大进展。然而，由于生物安全方面的障碍，除了 Bt 棉花进入商业释放阶段外，其他事件都没有得到认可。一项免除某些类型基因编辑植物的转基因生物监管的具有里程碑意义的决定，为印度开发新型抗虫作物带来了巨大的希望。本文综述了印度抗虫转基因的研究现状及其监管规定。
