Scientists in India have produced a pest-resistant, high-yielding soybean variety. MACS 1407, a newly developed variety, is suitable for cultivation in West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam, Chhattisgarh, and the North-Eastern states, and its seeds will be available to farmers for sowing during the 2022 Kharif season.

In collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, scientists from MACS Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, created the new variety.

The variety was created using the traditional cross-breeding method.

It is suitable for rain-fed conditions in northeast India.

Its seeds have 19.81 per cent oil content, 41 per cent protein content, and good germinability.