Funny part is, those who are against GM crops don't realize that projects like this actually encourage natural/traditional way of producing better breeds instead of paying heavy sums of money for GM modified seeds. In India, seed companies have to pay hefty royalty fee to BT for brinjal, cotton which reflect in their prices. If some one told the farmers better varieties/ways to cross breed like this project, they will be encouraged to still do it the natural way. Worst part with GM stuff is that once a few states here adopt it, the other states are forced to follow to lower their break even.