India develops hybrid mustard seed, better yield expected

India has developed a better variety of hybrid seed of mustard, which it is saying will catapult the output of the country's key oil crop.

The new hybrid of the rapeseed-mustard seed has been developed by scientists at the National Research Centre (NRC) in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. NRC is an affiliate of India's premier farm research body, the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR).

The Delhi-headquartered ICAR under the ministry of agriculture Thursday claimed the new rapeseed-mustard seed was the first hybrid one ever developed by Indian scientists.