Question

Match the crops given in column-I with their resistance to disease given in column-II and choose the correct option.

• A. A – IV; B – III; C – II; D – I; E – V
• B. A – IV; B – III; C – V; D – I; E – II
• C. A – III; B – IV; C – II; D – V; E – I
• D. A – III; B – IV; C – I; D – V; E – II

Answer 1

The correct option is C A – III; B – IV; C – II; D – V; E – I

Conventional methods of breeding such as selection and hybridization are used to breed plants for disease resistance which include fungal, bacterial and viral diseases.
For examples: Himgiri is a wheat variety obtained which is resistant to leaf and stripe rust, hill bunt.
Pusa Swarnim is a Brassica variety resistant to white rust.
Pusa Komal is a cowpea variety resistant to bacterial blight.
Pusa Snowball is a cauliflower variety resistant to black rot and curl blight and Pusa Sadabahar is a chilli variety resistant to tobacco mosaic virus and leaf curl.