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MACS 1407

Indian Scientists have developed a high-yielding and pest-resistant variety of soybean.

This newly developed variety called MACS 1407 is suitable for cultivation in the states of Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and North-Eastern states.

Its seeds will be made available to farmers for sowing during the 2022 Kharif season.

The new variety has been developed by scientists from MACS – Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi.

The variety was developed using the conventional cross breeding technique.

MACS 1407 gives 39 quintals per hectare making it a high yielding variety and is also resistant to major insect-pests like girdle beetle, leaf miner, leaf roller, stem fly, aphids, white fly and defoliators.

Its thick stem, higher pod insertion (7 cm) from ground, and resistance to pod shattering make it suitable even for mechanical harvesting.

It is suitable for rain-fed conditions of north-east India.

Its seeds have 19.81 % oil content, 41 % protein content and show good germinability.

This high yielding, pest resistant, low water and fertiliser requiring soybean variety, suitable for mechanical harvesting has recently been released by the Central Sub-Committee on Crop Standards, Notification and Release of Varieties of Agricultural Crops under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare making it legally available for seed production and cultivation.

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