Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production Question 383

Question: A man made allopolyploid cereal crop is [EAMCET 1995; Pb. PMT 2000, 04; BHU 2000; AIIMS 2004]

Options:

A) Hordeum vulgare

B) Raphano brassica

C) Triticale

D) Zea mays

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Allopolyploid means a mixture of two different genetic forms.

Intergeneric hybridization of cereal crops i.e.

Secale cereale and Triticum is formed by man called Triticale.