Question

In an agricultural field there is a prevalence of the following organisms and crop diseases which are affecting the crop yield badly:

1. White rust
2. Leaf and stripe rust
3. Black rot
4. Jussids

Recommend the varieties of crops the farmers should grow to get rid of the existing problem and thus improve the crop yield.

Answer 1

	Resistance to diseases/insect pest	Variety	Crop
(a)	White rust	Pusa swarnim (Karan rai)	Brassica
(b)	Leaf and stripe rust	Himgiri	Wheat
(c)	Black rot	Pusa shubhra Pusa snowball K-1	Cauliflower
(d)	Jassids	Pusa sem-2	Flat bean

The above-mentioned crop varieties should be grown by the farmers to get rid of the existing problem and thus improve the crop yield because they are resistant to the given crop diseases or organisms.