Choose the correct option for the statements given below.
Statement 1 - Sharbati sonora and Pusa lerma are mutant varieties of wheat.
Statement 2 - Thick stem, high yielding sugarcane varieties were produced by interspecific hybridization.

Both statements are correct.

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Both statements are incorrect.

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Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct.

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Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect.

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Solution

The correct option is A Both statements are correct.
Sharbati sonora and Pusa lerma are mutant high yielding dwarf varieties of wheat produced by irradiation of Wheat plant by gamma radiations. Thick stem and high yielding sugarcane is a product of interspecific hybridization between Saccharum barberi and Saccharum officinarum.
So, the correct answer is ‘Both statements are correct.

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