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Important Questions on Enhancement of Food Production

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The oil content and quality of groundnut variety were improved by plant breeding techniques. This is an example of
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Match the following lists:

  List-I   List-II
  Crop bred by hybridization   Resistance to disease
(A) Wheat (I) Block rot and curl blight black rot
(B) Brassica (II) Mosaic virus, leaf curl
(C) Cauliflower (III) Leaf and stripe rust, hill bunt
(D) Cowpea (IV) White rust
    (V) Bacterial blight

The correct match is:

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'Sonalika' and Kalyansona' are the high yielding 'semi-dwarf varieties of wheat, introduced from ________.
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The mechanism that causes a gene to move from one linkage group to another is called:
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Choose the correct combinations
I) Pusa swarnim - Brassica - White rust resistance
II) Pusa gaurav - Brassica - Fruit borer resistance
III Pusa sawani - Bhindi - Fruit borer resistance
IV) Pusa sadabahar - Chilli - Leaf curl resistance
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Identify the correct combination from the following crops their variety and effect.
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_______ is a better yielding semi-dwarf variety of rice developed in India. 
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Now-a-days agricultural practice is expensive to the farmers as they need to purchase hybrid seeds every year. Which of the following strategies can be employed to overcome this problem?
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In mung bean, resistance to yellow mosaic virus and powdery mildew were induced by: