NEET 2004 Biology question

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India's wheat yield revolution in the 1960s was possible primarily due to :-

(1)Increased chlorophyll content
(2)Mutations resulting in plant height reductionCorrect
(3)Quantitative trait mutations
(4)Hybrid seeds

Answer: (2)

Solution

The wheat (green) revolution of the 1960s in India, led by Norman Borlaug's work and M. S. Swaminathan, was based on semi-dwarf wheat varieties such as Sonalika and Kalyan Sona. These varieties carry mutant dwarfing genes (derived from the Japanese dwarf wheat Norin-10), so plants are short and sturdy, do not lodge

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