Question

Example/s of biopiracy of Indian plants is/are:
a. Basmati rice
b. Turmeric
c. Neem
d. All of the above

Answer 1

Hint: We already know earlier that the indispensable elements for the existence of bucolic and native people comprise the preservation of the environment, kind, and biodiversity. The term biopiracy defines the process of exploiting the biological possessions or the usage of biological resources in a certain area without any permission. We can say that it also includes the practice of marketable manipulation of biochemicals or genomic resources that happen naturally in a certain place.

Complete answer:
- All the materials given in the options like basmati rice, neem, and turmeric are examples of biopiracy of Indian plants.
- According to the recent patents approved by the U.S. Patent and Emblem Office to American companies, the report shows the component of turmeric, 'neem' and, most notably, 'basmati' rice included in it.
- This report states that all three products are indigenous to the subcontinent of Indonesia and Pakistan.

Hence, The correct answer is option (D).

Additional information:
- Many people know that the resources which are derived in the form of Bioprospecting are used in agriculture in the form of different products. These products include many biofertilizers, biopesticides, and veterinary antibiotics.

- One of the genera of soil bacteria that are used as biofertilizers is Rhizobium. Some of the examples of biopesticides that are derived in the form of Bioprospecting are Bacillus thuringiensis (which is also called Bt) and the annonin (which is obtained from seeds of the plant called Annona squamosa).

- Some of the examples of veterinary antibiotics obtained in this process are valnemulin and tiamulin (which are discovered and developed from the basidiomycete fungus Clitopilus passeckerianus)

Note: The scientist Pat Mooney was the one who coined the term biopiracy. He introduced this word to define a repetition in which native facts of wildlife, instigating with original peoples. It is used by others for turnover, without any approval or reimbursement to the indigenous people.