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Pusa Komal is a variety of cowpea is resistant to:

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Important Questions on Strategies For Enhancement in Food Production

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Which one of the following is NOT enriched by vitamin C by IARI?

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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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Golden rice is genetically engineered to have greater content of _________.
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Identify two rice varieties used developed as semi dwarf variety of rice:
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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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Which of the following is not an objective of biofortification in crops?
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'Sonalika' and Kalyansona' are the high yielding 'semi-dwarf varieties of wheat, introduced from ________.
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Choose the correct option for X,Y and Z.

Crop Variety Insect Pests
Rape seed Mustard Pusa Gaurav Z
X Pusa Sem 2 Jassids
Okra Y Shoot borer

 

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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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Germplasm collection refers to
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Identify the correct combination from the following crops their variety and effect.
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Which one of the following is not a bacterial disease?
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Pusa Gaurav variety of Brassica is resistant to:
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Mutations in plant cells can be induced by:
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Pusa Swarnim is X type of plant variety that is resistance to Y disease.
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The entire collection of plants having diverse alleles for all genes
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Assertion (A): Hybrid breeding led to the development of high-yielding bajra with resistance to water stress.
Reason (R): In millet crops, yield is low under drought conditions.
The correct option among the following is:
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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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White rust resistant variety of Brassica is
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In mung bean, resistance to yellow mosaic virus and powdery mildew were induced by: