{"id":370411,"date":"2026-08-27T11:29:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=370411"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:59:46","slug":"indias-first-non-gmo-popcorn-maize-hybrid-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-first-non-gmo-popcorn-maize-hybrid-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s First Non-GMO Popcorn Maize Hybrid Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan launched India\u2019s first non-GMO high-expansion popcorn maize hybrid seed in Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About India\u2019s First Non-GMO Popcorn Maize Hybrid Seed<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_370473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-370473\" style=\"width: 266px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-370473\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DD-News-3.jpg?resize=266%2C318&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"India\u2019s First Non-GMO Popcorn Maize Hybrid Seed\" width=\"266\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DD-News-3.jpg?resize=251%2C300&amp;ssl=1 251w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DD-News-3.jpg?w=595&amp;ssl=1 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-370473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; DD News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an <strong>indigenously developed<\/strong> <strong>hybrid maize seed<\/strong> designed to produce <strong>high-expansion popcorn without genetic modification.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> The seed was developed through a collaboration between the <strong>Indian Council of Agricultural Research\u2013Indian Institute of Maize Research (ICAR-IIMR)<\/strong> and <strong>Gourmet Popcornica,<\/strong> an Indian enterprise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hybrid Varieties:<\/strong> The research has produced <strong>two hybrid varieties &#8211; <\/strong><strong>Krisna459 and Godari234.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cross-breeding:<\/strong> The hybrids are developed through <strong>conventional cross-breeding methods.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Non-GMO Nature:<\/strong> They do <strong>not contain artificially inserted foreign genetic traits.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This makes them <strong>suitable for global food processing sectors<\/strong> that mandate non-GMO ingredients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indigenous Hybrid Technology: <\/strong>The seed <strong>provides an Indian alternative to imported hybrid seed technology<\/strong> for high-quality popcorn maize and can help reduce India\u2019s dependence on such imports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan launched India\u2019s first non-GMO high-expansion popcorn maize hybrid seed in Andhra Pradesh. About India\u2019s First Non-GMO Popcorn Maize Hybrid Seed It is an indigenously developed hybrid maize seed designed to produce high-expansion popcorn without genetic modification. Developed by: The seed was developed through a collaboration between the Indian Council&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-first-non-gmo-popcorn-maize-hybrid-seed\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India\u2019s First Non-GMO Popcorn Maize Hybrid Seed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-370411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}