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NEET 2004
Exam
NEET
Year
2004
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production

NEET 2004 · Zoology · Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production

India's wheat yield revolution in the 1960s was possible primarily...

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

Options

  1. Ahybrid seeds
  2. Bincreased chlorophyll content
  3. Cmutations resulting in plant height reduction
  4. 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.
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