Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production Question 425

Question: A man made allopolyploid cereal crop is:

Options:

A) Hordeum vulgare

B) Raphano brassica

C) Triticale

D) Zea mays

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

[c] Allopolyploid means a mixture of two different genetic forms.

Intergeneric hybridisation of cereal crops, i.e., Secale cereale and Triticum forms Triticale (man-made).