MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641008132 A) filed by D Arul Balachandran, Salem, Tamil Nadu, on Jan. 28, for 'gamma irradiation-induced mutant groundnut lines with enhanced oil content and modified fatty acid composition.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. G. Aswini; Mr. C. Karthiksaran; Dr. V. Balamurugan; Dr. K. Yasmin; Dr. V. Soundarya; and Mr. P. Dhinakaran.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention pertains to the use of gamma irradiation as an effective mutagenic method for the improvement of morphological, biochemical, and agronomic traits in groun...