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Agriculture · Q474

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 474

Q474

First variety of mustard developed through biotechnology by somatic hybridisation which is

A.
Pusa Jai Kisan
Answer
B.
Kisan
C.
Pussa Kalyani
D.
M-18

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
‘Pusa Jai Kisan' is the high yielding mustard variety, that has been developed through the tissue culture technique. Somatic hybridization is a technique that has been used to tap the potential of related or distant species of crops by the fusion of protoplasts of two different plants.
Bio902, is lab name of Pusa Jai Kisan, was released in the year 1994 for commercial cultivation as Pusa Jai Kisan.