- It is a Genetically Modified Mustard
- DMH = Dhara Mustard Hybrid
- It is herbicide tolerant mustard
- Developed by the Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants of Delhi University
- It was created by using “barnase/barstar” technology for genetic modification by adding genes from soil bacterium that makes mustard self-pollinating plant.
- DMH -11 contains three genes viz. Bar gene, Barnase and Barstar sourced from soil bacterium.
- The bar gene had made plant resistant to herbicide named Basta.
- If it gets the green light from the environment ministry’s GEAC, it will be the first GM food crop to be commercially cultivated in India
- It was a government sponsored project