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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 423

Q423

Person regarded as the father of tomato in India is

A.
Dr. Harbhajan Singh
B.
Dr. G. Kallo
Answer
C.
Dr. Shyam Dibakar
D.
Dr. C. M. Rick

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
A person regarded as the father of tomatoes in India is Dr. G. Kalloo (1986).
He was a former DDG (Crop Science), ICAR, New Delhi, and vice-chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur in 2017. He has written several books including Genetic improvement of Tomatoes, because which he is regarded as the father of tomatoes.
G. Kalloo's 4 research works with 116 citations and 224 reads, including Breeding for Environmental Stress Resistance in Tomato.