Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran has reiterated the State government stand against field trials of genetically modified seeds. Addressing the ”National Summit on GM Crops,” organised by the Sastra Vedi, an arm of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, here on Saturday, Mr. Ratnakaran said the decision not to allow field trials would protect Kerala’s spices which had a large market in European countries that were opposed to GM crops and food. The situation was serious enough for India to declare the basmati growing tracts of Western India as GM free zone, he said