Published
February 28, 2015
References
- Lester RN and Daunay MC, Diversity of African vegetable Solanum species and its implications for a better understanding of plant domestication. In: Schriften zu Genetischen Ressourcen: Rudolf Mansfield and Plant Genetic Resources. Proceedings of a Symposium Dedicated to the 100th Birthday of Rudolf-MANSFIELD, Gatersleben, Germany, 8-9 October 2001 [eds. H. Knupffer & J. Ochsmann], 2003, pp. 137-152. ZADI, BONN.
- Samuels J, The Solanaceae: Novel Crops with High Potential, Organic Grower, 2009, 9, 32-34.
- ISAAA Revised Pocket K No. 35 [http://www.isaaa.org/kc] – Bt Brinjal in India.
- Jenczewski E, Ronfort J and Chevre AM, Crop-to-wild gene flow, introgression and possible fitness effects of transgenes Environmental Biosafety Research, 2003, 2, 9-24.
- Vavilov NI, Phytogeographical basis of plant breeding. The origin, variation, immunity and breeding of cultivated plants Chronica Botanica, 1951, 13, 1-366.
- Samuels J, Genetically Engineered Bt Brinjal and the implications for plant diversity – revisited, Novel Solanaceae Crops Project, 2012, pp 1-19.
- Zeven AC and Zhukovsky PM, Dictionary of Cultivated Plants and Their Centers of Diversity, 1975, PUDOC, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
- Arora RK, Plant diversity in the Indian gene centre. In: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Management Concepts and Approaches (R.S. Paroda & R.K. Arora), 1991, 1-21. IBPGR Regional Office for South and Southeast Asia, New Delhi.
- Swarup V, Genetic resources and breeding of aubergine (S. melongena L.) Acta Horticulturae, 1995, 412, 71-79.
- Chen NC and Li HM, Cultivation and Breeding of Eggplant. In: Training Workshop on Vegetable Cultivation and Seed Production Technology, 1996, pp. 1-26. AVRDC Staff Publications, Shanhua, Tainan, Taiwan.
- MOEF, Biology of Brinjal. Ministry of Environment & Forests (MOEF): Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, 2010, http://dbtbiosafety.nic.in/guidelines/brinjal.pdf
- Samuels J, George Bitter’s bitter tomatoes 2: an elusive group of intrusive weeds Sol Newsletter, 2010a, 28, 3-7.
- Kashyap A, Use Wear and Starch Grain Analysis: an Integrated Approach to Understanding the Transition From Hunting Gathering to Food Production at Bagor, Rajasthan, India, 2006, Ph.D. Thesis, Michigan State University, USA.
- Kashyap A and Weber S, Harappan plant use revealed by starch grains from Farmana, India, http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/kashyap326/, 2010.
- Wang JG, Gao TG. and Knapp S, Ancient Chinese literature reveals pathway of eggplant domestication Annals of Botany, 2008, 102, 891-897.
- Samuels J, Centre of Origin and the Bt Brinjal Controversy Current Science, 2011b, 101, 469.
- Daunay MC, Lester RN, Gebhardt C, Hennart, JW, Jahn M, Frary A and Doganlar S, Genetic resources of eggplant (Solanum melongena) and allied species: a new challenge for molecular geneticists and plant breeders. In: Solanaceae V: Advances in Taxonomy and Utilization (eds. RG van den Berg, GWM Barendse, GM van der Weerden & C Mariani), 2001b, 251-274. Nijmegen University Press, The Netherlands.
- Hawkes JG, The Diversity of Crop Plants, 1983, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- FAO Data. (2005), http://faostat.fao.org/
- Nothmann J and Koller D, Morphogenetic effects of low temperature stress on flowers of eggplant Israel J. Botany, 1973, 22, 231-235.
- Kalloo G, Baswana K and Sharma NK, Heat tolerance in eggplant (Solanum melongena). XXIII International Horticultural Congress, 1990, Florence, Itlay, Abst. 1204.
- Kumar A, Dahiya MS and Bhutani RD, Performance of brinjal genotypes in different environments of spring summer season Haryana J. Hort., 2000, 11, 63-67.
- Mohanty BK and Prusty AM, Genotype x environment interaction and stability analysis for yield and its composition in brinjal Indian J. Agric. Sci., 2000, 70, 370-373.
- Thapa H, Comparative performance of some brinjal genotypes in the summer rainy and autumn winter conditions, 2002, M.Sc (Horticulture) thesis, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal, 45p.
- Parimi S and Zehr UB, Insect resistant crops are an integral part of IPM programs: Bt brinjal. In: Sol 2009: the 6th Solanaceae Genome Workshop, 2009, New Delhi, India, Book of Abstracts, p. 145.
- GEAC, Report of the Expert Committee (EC-II) on Bt Brinjal Event EE-1. Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, 2009.
- Andow DA, Bt Brinjal: The Scope and Adequacy of the GEAC Environmental Risk Assessment, 2010, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, USA.
- Qaim M and Zilberman D, Yield effects of genetically modified crops in developing countries Science, 2003 Feb 7 [cited 2009 Nov 28], 299 (5608), 900-902.
- Brookes G, The existing and potential impact of using GM insect resistant [GMIR] maize in the European Union PG Economics, 2009, [cited 2009 Nov 28], 29p. Available from: http://www.pgeconomics.co.uk/pdf/btmaizeeuropejune2009.pdf
- Premnath V, Genetically modified (GM) crops increase pesticide use and fail to alleviate poverty, reveals new report, 2009, CCSR, Centre for Contemporary Studies and Research [Internet]. 2009 Apr 3 [cited 2009 Nov 27]. Available from: http://ccsrindia.blogspot.com/2009/04/genetically-modified-gm-crops-increase.html
- Benbrook CM, Genetically engineered crops and pesticide use in the United States: the first nine years BioTech InfoNet. Technical paper, 2004, 7. Available at http://www.biotech-info.net/Full_version_first_nine.pdf
- Kumar PA, Bt Brinjal: A Pioneering Push Biotech. News, 2009, 46, 108-111.
- Banodpadhyay R, Purnima-Sinha and Bratati-Chaudhary, Is Bt Brinjal ready for future food? -A critical study Ind. J. Biotech., 2012, 11, 238-240.
- Fari M, Nagy, I, Csanyi, M, Mityko J and Andrasfalvy A, Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation and plant regeneration via organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis from cotyledon leaves in eggplant (Solanum melongena L. cv. Kecskemeti lila) Plant Cell Rep., 1995, 15, 82-86.
- Banerjee D, Bt Brinjal and GM Crops: Towards a reasonable policy ahead Current Sci., 2010, 99, 1319-1320.
- Sridevi Seetharam, Should the Bt Brinjal controversy concern healthcare professionals and bioethicists? Ind. J. Med. Ethics, 2010, 7(2), 9-12.
- Sahai S and Rahman S, Performance of Bt Cotton, data from first commercial crop. Gene campaign [Internet], 2003, [cited 2009 Nov 28]. 5p. Available from: http://www.chiemgau-inn-salzach.de/upload/pdf/projekte/gentechnikfrei/infos/Indien_Erfahrungen_mit-Bt-Baumwolle.pdf
- Vazquez RI, Moreno-Fierros L, Neri-Bazán L, De La Riva GA, and López-Revilla R, Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac protoxin is a potent systemic and mucosal adjuvant Scand J Immunol., 1999, 49(6), 578-584. [cited in PubMed: PMID 10354369].
- Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, Department of Biotechnology, Revised guidelines for research in transgenic plants & guidelines for toxicity and allergenicity, evaluation of transgenic seeds, plants and plant parts, 1998, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India [Internet]. [cited 2009 Dec 1]. 109p. Available from: http://www.envfor.nic.in/divisions/csurv/geac/biosafety.html
- Ho MW and Cummins J, GM egg plant contains Bt toxin linking to hundreds of allergy cases and thousands of sheep deaths. ISIS Report, 2006, 13 July 2006. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMeggplant.php
- Bhargava PM, The Story of Bt Brinjal in India – Why it is not required Microbiology Today, 2010, 37(3), 174-177.
- Walsh B, Modifying the Endless Debate over Genetically Modified Crops TIME –Science & Space, 2013. Blog- http://science.time.com/2013/05/14/modifying-the-endless-genetically-modified-crop-debate/print/
- Jayaraman KS, Indian Parliamentary Panel slams GM Crops Nature News, 2012. – http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/08/indian-parliamentary-panel-slams-gm-crops.html