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  • Mutant variety of wheat is

    Question: Mutant variety of wheat is

    Options:

    Oenothera Lamarkiana
    Castor Aruna
    Sharbati Sonora
    Mirabilis Jalaba

    🔑Key Points:
    Among the options, only Sharbati Sonora is an example of a variety of wheat.
    The process of the utilization of induced mutation in crop improvement is called mutation breeding.
    Sharbati Sonora is an example of mutation breeding.
    It is produced from Sonora-64 by using gamma rays.
    Sharbati Sonora was developed by the gamma irradiation of a Mexican variety (Sonora 64) with a mutant breed of wheat.
    Sharbati Sonora shows all the good characters of Sonora and in addition, an amber coloured grain instead of red-coloured one of Sonora 64 and more protein and lysine percentage in the grains.
    🛑Important Points: 
    Wheat variety Sonora-64 was first developed by Norman E. Borlaug.
    Dr. M. S. Swaminathan is a pioneer mutation breeder. 
    He has produced Sharbati Sonora
    The formation of Sharbati Sonora was explained in a scientific paper published by Dr. M S Swaminathan.
    Sharbati Sonora was officially approved in 1967.
    Sharbati Sonora is responsible for the green revolution in India.

    🔴Additional Information::
    Oenothera Lamarckiana is a plant species that is important to the study of genetics.
    It is popularly called "evening primrose" due to its habit of only showing its attractive flowers late in the day.
    Castor Aruna is a mutant variety of castor.
    It was officially approved in 1969.
    Mirabilis jalapa is an ornamental species of Mirabilis plant.
    It is popularly called the "four o'clock flower"

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