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How many documented varieties of Basmati rice are grown in India? How has this variety of rice been exploited?
Answer:
There are 27 documented varieties of Basmati rice are grown in India.
- In 1997, an american company got patent righ on Basmati to through US patent and trademark office.
- While all the varieties of Basmati were developed via the cross between Indian Basmati rice with semi - dwarf variety.
- They claimed this new variety as invented by them.
- This allowed the company to sell a ‘new’ variety of Basmati rice in the US and abroad.
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