Question

'KalyanSona' and 'Sonalika', the high yielding and disease resistant wheat varieties were the outcome of:

• A. Introduction
• B. Selection
• C. Hybridization
• D. Distant hybridization

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Introduction

• Sonalika and Kalyan Sona are the high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties of wheat which were introduced all over the wheat-growing belt of India in 1963.

• Sonalika and Kalyan Sona are the semi-dwarf varieties of wheat, popularly known as Mexican wheat, produced by Dr. Borlaug in Mexico in 1963.