NEET2004ZoologyStrategies for Enhancement in Food ProductionActual
India's wheat yield revolution in the 1960s was possible primarily due to:
Options
- Ahybrid seeds
- Bincreased chlorophyll content
- Cmutations resulting in plant height reduction
- Dacquired trait mutations.
Correct answer
C. mutations resulting in plant height reduction
Step-by-step solution
Through selective breeding, Norman Borlaug, an American biologist, created a dwarf variety of wheat that put most of its energy into edible kernels rather than long, inedible stems.