Related Keywords: 10 tonnes of spurious cotton, Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), HT cotton seed, hybrid cotton variety, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Ministry of Environment, Telangana State Seed and Organic Certification Authority (TSSOCA)
Telangana Government has already issued guidelines against the use of glyphosate, a systemic herbicide and crop desiccant a hygroscopic substance used as a drying agent used to kill weeds, especially annual broad-leaf weeds and grasses that compete with crops. Illegal variety of seeds is a threat to crop biodiversity along with being a health hazard.
