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Agriculture · Q502

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 502

Q502

Seed Constitutes more than 50% of cost of production in the crop

A.
Hybrid Sunflower
B.
Potato
Answer
C.
Tomato
D.
None of these

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Seed Constitutes more than 50% of the cost of production in the crop Potato.
India is the second largest producer of potatoes in the world. Seed is the single most important input in potato cultivation.
Potato seed alone accounts for 40 - 50% of the total potato production cost, and huge quantities of potentially edible food are put back into the soil as potato seed.