In an endeavor to create mass awareness for adoption of climate resilient technologies,  PM will dedicate 35 crop varieties with special traits to the Nation.

About Crop Varieties with Special Traits

• The crop varieties with special traits have been developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to address the twin challenges of climate change and malnutrition.
• Thirty-five such crop varieties with special traits like climate resilience and higher nutrient content have been developed in the year 2021.
• These special traits crop varieties also include those that address the anti-nutritional factors found in some crops that adversely affect human and animal health.

Which are these varieties?

• Drought tolerant variety of chickpea
• Wilt and sterility mosaic resistant pigeonpea
• Early maturing variety of soybean
• Disease resistant varieties of rice
• Biofortified varieties of wheat, pearl millet, maize and chickpea, quinoa, buckwheat, winged bean and faba bean
• Pusa Double Zero Mustard 33
• Canola quality hybrid RCH 1 with <2% erucic acid and <30 ppm glucosinolates and
• Soybean variety free from two anti-nutritional factors namely Kunitz trypsin inhibitor and lipoxygenase.

Try answering the PYQ:

The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee is constituted under the:

(a) Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

(b) Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999

(c) Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

(d) Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972

 

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