Question

Some crop varieties bred by hybridisation and selection, for disease resistance to fungi, bacteria and viral diseases are released. Fill up the blanks –

Crop	Variety	Resistance to diseases
Wheat	A	Leaf and stripe rust, hill bunt
B	Pusa swarnim (Karan rai)	White rust
C	Pusa Shubhra, Pusa Snowball K-1	Black rot and Curl blight black rot
Cowpea	Pusa Komal	D
Chilli	E	Chilly mosaic virus, Tobacco mosaic virus & Leaf curl

• A. A – Himgiri, B – Brassica, C – Cauliflower, D – Bacterial blight, E – Pusa Gaurav
• B. A – Himgiri, B – Brassica, C – Flat bean, D – Bacterial blight, E – Pusa Sadabahar
• C. A – Brassica, B – Himgiri, C – Cauliflower, D – Bacterial blight, E – Pusa Sadabahar
• D. A – Himgiri, B – Brassica, C – Cauliflower, D – Bacterial blight, E – Pusa Sadabahar

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

A – Himgiri, B – Brassica, C – Cauliflower, D – Bacterial blight, E – Pusa Sadabahar