This is Mertxe de Renobales again. I would like to ask Dr. Onkar Tiwari (Message 14) about Bt brinjal (or insect-resistant eggplant) in India. To the best of my knowledge, together with Golden Rice (about which there has been a discussion in this conference), these are the two crops in the pipeline which are closest to commercialization, but still waiting. Bt brinjal was almost released for commercial distribution a couple of years ago (I am not sure about this datum) but the permit was suddenly withdrawn. Was it due to new scientific, technological or nutritional problems which justified the delay? Or, alternatively, were the difficulties of a different nature (i.e., regulatory, socio-economic)? Thank you very much for clarifying the situation of this crop. Mertxe de Renobales Scheifler Biokimika eta Biologia Molekularra / Bioquímica y Biología Molecular Farmazia Fakultatea / Facultad de Farmacia Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco Paseo de la Universidad 7 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz Spain Tfno: (+34)-945-013097 FAX: (+34)-945-013014 http://www.ehu.es/lactiker e-mail: mertxe.derenobales (at) ehu.es [To contribute to this conference, send your message to [log in to unmask] For further information on this FAO Biotechnology Forum, see http://www.fao.org/biotech/biotech-forum/] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the Biotech-Room2-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=Biotech-Room2-L&A=1