Expressing its inability to conduct large scale trials of transgenic cotton within the norms defined in a Supreme Court order, a prominent research institute has urged the Centre to intervene in the matter. The Nagpur-based Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR), in a meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), the apex body for clearing genetically modified crops, said the ”stringent” norms for test protocols defined in the court order ”has proved to be a major setback in the research and development of transgenic crops”.