Triticale, the first man-made cereal crop, has been obtained by crossing wheat with
A
Rye
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B
Pearl millet
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C
Sugarcane
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D
Barley
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Solution
The correct option is A Rye
Hybrids are easy to generate within members of the same species or closely related wild species, it is very difficult to create hybrids combining the desirable agronomic traits from two different species. Triticale was the first hybrid created by the protoplast fusion of different species wheat with Rye.