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Potential of GM mustard yield untested, says DRMR director P K Rai

As per the developer and some scientists, the GM mustard variety DMH-11 has a yield potential of 28-30 per cent increase over the most common mustard variant available in the country

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He said so far, DMH-11 GM mustard has undergone bio-safety regulatory field (BRL) trials 1 and 2 in net houses and poly houses

Sanjeeb Mukherjee New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Nov 20 2022 | 8:43 PM IST

The yield claims made on GM mustard variety DMH-11, which has been recently granted ‘environmental approval’ by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), is still unproven. This is because it has still not been tested according to the guidelines laid down by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), head of the nodal institute to conduct the trials, said.

According to the developer and some scientists, the DMH-11 variety has a yield potential of 28-30 per cent higher over the most common mustard variant available in the country, ‘Varuna’. DMH-11, when commercialised, can solve much of India’s problem of edible oil

Topics : GM Mustard ICAR agricultural sector

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