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#3 | Breeding for Disease Resistance
(Botany) > Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production

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Identify the option where all columns are not correctly matched:

      Crop                 Variety                       Resistant to

1.  Wheat              Himgiri                        Leaf rust

2. Brassica             Pusa Swarnim               White rust

3. Cowpea             Pusa komal                   Black rot

4. Chilli                  Pusa sadabahar             Leaf curl

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In mung bean the resistance to yellow mosaic virus and powdery mildew were introduced by:

1. Mutations

2. Hybridization

3. Tissue culture

4. Genetic engineering

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Pusa Shubhra, an improved variety of cauliflower, is resistant to:

1. White rust

2. Bacterial blight

3. Black rot

4. Leaf curl

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Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below:

Column I

Column II

I. Pusa Swarnim

II. Pusa Shubhra

III. Pusa Komal

IV. Pusa Sawani

1. Cauliflower

2. Brassica

3. Okra

4. Cow pea

Codes

            I           II         III         IV

1.         1           2           3           4

2.         2           1           4           3

3.         2           1           3           4

4.         1           2           4           3

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Which one is the wrong pairing for the disease and its causal organism?

(1) late blight of potato-Alternaria solani

(2) Black rust of wheat-Puccinia graminis

(3) Loose smut of wheat-Ustilago nuda

(4) Root-knot of vegetables-Meloidogyne sp.

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