India's Tur Dal Genome Mapping: A Breakthrough for Food Security

There will hardly be any house in India where tur dal is not produced. Now this pulse has become a big scientific achievement. Scientists of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have prepared the whole genome of tur dal for the first time. Simply put, they have read the whole genetic map of tur dal. This work is completed in April 2026. Scientists say that it will be easy to prepare new varieties that give more yield, prevent diseases and cope with the changing weather in the coming time. Tur dal is one of the most important pulse crops of India. Crores of people in the country depend on this pulse for protein. But its yield has not increased much for many years. That is why India has to import tur dal from other countries every year to meet its needs. Scientists believe that this new discovery can help reduce this problem. If you understand the genome in simple language, then it will be a complete blueprint of any plant or whole plant. How will it cope with the weather, how will the DNA of the plant increase its yield, how will it know about the 75 million.