India, Dec. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) a Constituent Unit of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) by using radiation induced mutagenesis along with cross breeding, has developed 72 improved crop varieties in oilseeds (groundnut, mustard, soybean and sunflower), pulses (urdbean, mungbean, pigeonpea and cowpea), rice, jute and banana, which have been released and notified for commercial cultivation. These crop varieties have desirable traits such as high yield, early maturity, resistantto lodging, biotic & abiotic stress tolerance etc. and thus benefiting farmers in the country.
In the last five (5) years (i.e. from 2020-2025), by employing radiation-induced mutagenesis, DAE has dev...