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Agriculture · Q1074

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 1074

Q1074

Who introduced the technique of production of double cross hybrid maize

A.
Watson
B.
D. F. Jones
Answer
C.
G. H. Shull
D.
Mendel

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Donald Forsa Jones was a maize scientist and practical corn breeder at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven introduced the technique of production of double cross hybrid maize.
Double cross hybrid is the type of hybrid that is produced when two different single-cross hybrids are cross-pollinated.