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Agriculture · Q828

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 828

Q828

Chromosome number of peanut is

A.
2n = 20
B.
2n = 40
Answer
C.
2n = 50
D.
2n = 60

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Peanut is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds and oil.
Cultivated peanut is of hybrid origin and has a polyploid genome. It is a self-pollinating allotetraploid (AABB genome), Chromosome number of peanut is 2n = 4x = 40