GM mustard discipline trials to start from rabi season

The official stated that the trials, often known as efficiency analysis trials, will probably be carried out beneath the supervision of ICAR Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research (DRMR), Bharatpur, Rajasthan, as per the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) guidelines and tips. The ICAR-DRMR is chargeable for the All India Coordinated Research Projects on Rapeseed-Mustard within the nation.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Dr P.Okay. Rai, Director, ICAR-DRMR, stated, “As far as yield evaluation trials are concerned, we do them for three years. One is the initial varietal trial or the initial hybrid trial. If some entries are giving higher yield over the checks then only these entries are promoted to the next stage of testing i.e., AHT (Advance Hybrid Trial-1).”

“As far as DMH-11 is concerned, we are going to test it as IHT (initial hybrid trial). We are going to have a small trial and put all those checks…. This trial will be conducted at some of the centres… let us see whether it is qualifying for the next stage of promotion or not,” Rai stated, including that the DRMR has acquired one kg seed of DMH-11 for the trials.

“As per the ICAR rules and regulations, only those entries which are showing 10 per cent higher yield over the check variety and 5 per cent over the check hybrid will be promoted,” he stated.

“Normal hybrid tests [for mustard] take place at 16 places across the country. We will try to put [the DMH-11] at 6-7 locations… sowing will begin in the next 4-5 days,” Rai stated, including that the mustard crop might be sown until November 15.

Recently the GEAC, which comes beneath the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, had really helpful the environmental launch of transgenic mustard hybrid DMH-11 and parental strains “bn 3.6 and modbs 2.99” containing barnase, barstar and bar genes.