BotanyA ‘new’ variety of rice was patented by a foreign company,though such varieties have been present in India for a long time. This is related to

A 'new' variety of rice was patented by a foreign company,though such varieties have been present in India for a long time. This is related to

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Co-667
B
sharbati Sonora
C
lerma Rojo
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basmati

Solution:

In 1997, an American company got patent rights on basmati rice through the US Patent and Trademark Office. This allowed the company to sell a ‘new’ variety of basmati, in the US and abroad. This ‘new’ variety of basmati had actually been derived from Indian farmer’s varieties. Indian basmati was crossed with semi-dwarf varieties and claimed as an invention or a novelty.