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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production · Question 55

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1

Triticale is obtained by crossing wheat with

  1. Barley
  2. Rye
  3. Oat
  4. Maize

Answer

(2) Rye

Solution

Triticale is the first man-made cereal crop.

⇒ It is an intergeneric hybrid obtained by crossing wheat ( Triticum) with rye ( Secale cereale), followed by doubling of the chromosome number of the sterile hybrid with colchicine.

∴ The name itself is formed from Triti(cum) + (Se)cale.

Answer: (2)

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2

Which statement is correct?

  1. Workers are the smallest of the three castes
  2. Wax is waste material of honey bee
  3. Drone of honey bee is diploid
  4. A. indica is largest wild honey bee
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2000

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