Question

A man-made allopolyploid cereal crop is

• A. Hordeum vulgare
• B. Solanum
• C. Triticale
• D. Zea mays

Answer 1

The correct option is C Triticale

Allopolyploids are polyploids with chromosomes derived from different species. Allopolyploidization is one of the major evolutionary modes of plant speciation. Triticale is a hybrid of wheat (Triticum) and rye (Secale). Triticale is an artificial species that has been used to study the evolutionary course of complex allopolyploids due to its recent origin and availability of a highly diversified germplasm pool.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Triticale'.