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हिन्दी — Read in HindiAgricultural and food biotechnology
Genome edited crops, crop and animal genomes, breeding technologies, fish farming systems and food grown from cells. Prelims has asked how genome sequencing can be used in Indian agriculture and about biofilters in recirculating aquaculture.
Foundation note: GM crops in India: what is approved, who approves
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