Q. The terms “Varuna and Early Heera” are recently seen in news related to?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation: GEAC has recommended the environmental release of transgenic hybrid mustard Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11).
- Commercial use: under Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) supervision and will be subject to Seed Act, 1966.
- It was developed by Delhi University’s Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants.
- The process used in it is crossing Indian mustard variety ‘Varuna’ (barnase line) with an East European ‘Early Heera-2’ mutant (barstar).
Source: FORUMIAS

