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प्रश्न
Discuss the method of breeding for disease resistance.
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उत्तर
Plant diseases are caused by pathogens like viruses, bacteria and fungi. This affects crop yield. To develop disease-resistant varieties of crops, that would increase the yield and reduce the use of fungicides and bactericides are important. Some disease-resistant varieties are as follows:
| Crop | Variety | Resistance to diseases |
| Wheat | Himgiri | Leaf and stripe rust, hill bunt |
| Cauliflower | Pusa Shubhra, Pusa Snowball K-1 | Black rot |
| Cowpea | Pusa Komal | Bacterial blight |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Pusa Komal is a disease resistant variety of ______.
Himgiri developed by hybridisation and selection for disease resistance against rust pathogens is a variety of ______.
The miracle rice which saved millions of lives and celebrated its 50th birthday is______.
A protein rich wheat variety is ______.
The scientific process which produces crop plants enriched with desirable nutrients is called ______.
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