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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ln 1997, an American company got patent right on Basmati rice through the US Patent and Trademark Office. This 'new' variety of Basmati had actually been derived from Indian farmer's varieties. This 'new' variety was produced by crossing Indian Basmati with semi-dwarf varieties. Lerma Rojo and Sharbati Sonora are high yielding varieties of wheat. Co-667 is a variety of soybean.