Question

Amber coloured wheat is produced form red coloured Mexican wheat is

• A. Sharbati sonora
• B. Pusa Lerma
• C. Both A and B
• D. Taichung Native 1

Answer 1

The correct option is C Both A and B

Sharbati Sonora is wheat variety that was produced by Dr Swaminathan by exposure of red kernelled Sonara-64, a semi dwarf Mexican wheat variety, to varied dosage of gamma and UV rays. The result was an amber kernelled variety with bold, lustrous grain and 25 % higher protein content than Sonara-64.

Similary, Lerma Roja 64A, a red kernelled semi dwarf Mexican wheat variety, was mutated by radiation therapy to produce amber kernelled Pusa Lerma.