Mahyco will have to wait for one more year to launch Bt cottonseeds with Roundup Ready Flex technology as Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (asked the firm to repeat trials. [...] While considering Mahyco’s plea for permission to conduct the crucial Biosafety Research Level trials on RRF hybrids in July 2011, the GEAC asked the company to record data during pre and post spray of Roundup herbicide.

The committee objected to use of non-Bt RRF in refuge area. The company however argued that it did not result in environmental release as it was planted in small area with adequate isolation.