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Agriculture · Q11

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 11

Q11

Which of the following tomato variety are resistant to fruit borer?

A.
Pusa Uphar
Answer
B.
BT-10
C.
BT-1
D.
None of the above

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Pusa Uphar is the variety of tomato among the given options that are resistant to fruit borer. The variety developed at IARI, plants are indeterminate, erect thick-stemmed with dark green foliage.
Fruit borer is a serious pest of tomato as it reduces yield by up to 40%. The young are greenish to brown, with dark lines about the size of half of the finger. Adult females are yellow moths with dark brown spots on their wings. Larvae feed on the leaves and later make holes in the fruit which can be up to the size of a pea.