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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publicationsWednesday, Jan 10, 2007
Bangalore , Jan. 9
Avesthagen on Tuesday announced that it has been granted a patent by the Indian Patent Office on `cloning and sequencing of AGTSAL 11 rice gene from IR-64 variety implicated in salinity stress tolerance.'
The invention is expected to provide opportunities in developing salt tolerant lines in rice in India. The Salt Tolerance Programme is a breakthrough for the agricultural sector, since the present agricultural practices and the increasing use of chemical fertilisers make a large part of the arable land unfavourable for cultivation due to high salinity. Also, it could be transferred to any other crop within a short time span, as the technology is not crop specific.
Dr Villoo Morawala Patell, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Avestha Gengraine Technologies Pvt. Ltd, said, "This patent's technology will help Avesthagen to develop innovative solutions to benefit farmers."
This patent award follows close to patents granted to Avesthagen in South Africa and Australia entitled `A process for generating genetically modified pearl millet through Agrobacterium and biolistic transformation.'
http://www.blonnet.com/2007/01/10/stories/2007011003050300.htm
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