Bt Brinjal OPVs developed by TNAU:
Bt Brinjal OPVs developed by TNAU MDU1-Bt PLR1-Bt KKM1-Bt Co2-Bt Co2 KKM1 PLR1 MDU1
Farmer’s Dilemma: Repeated pesticide sprays? :
Farmer’s Dilemma: Repeated pesticide sprays? 9 to 14 days Adult moth Egg Hatching Entry Mature Larva Pupation Cocoon Adult emergence 2 to 3 hours 3 days 7-9 days Achilles’ Heel Why Bt technology in brinjal? or Bt technology?
Leapfrogging:
Leapfrogging Leapfrogging is a theory of development in which developing countries skip inferior, less efficient, more expensive or more polluting technologies and industries and move directly to more advanced ones. Examples of leapfrogging?????
Leapfrog technologies:
Leapfrog technologies Solar power for rural communities in Pakistan. The "Hospital of the Future" in Thailand World's Greenest Building , as voted by the US Green Building Council, in Hyderabad, India Free broadband and Linux machines in Brazil: " Barefoot Solar Engineers " -- rural women trained to install and repair solar power systems in India
Leapfrog technologies:
Leapfrog technologies Mobile phone use already exceeds land line use in India, and by 2007, 150 million out of the 200 million phone lines there will be cellular. Bt brinjal in India under the auspices of DBT, Government of India/USAID/ABSPII. Possibly the first edible GM crop of this country
The Bt brinjal Team:
The Bt brinjal Team Dr. P. Balasubramanian Dr. D. Veeraragavathatham Director, CPMB Dean (Hort), Coimbatore Dr. D. Sudhakar Dr. M. Murugan Dr. N. Balakrishnan Dr. E. Kokiladevi Dr. A. Thangahemavathy Dr. P. Yashoda Dr. S. Jayaprabhavathi Dr. B. Vinothkumar