Question: Which of the following is the first hybrid variety of Bajra?
Options:
HB-1
HB-101
PM-1
PHB-10
🔑 Key Points
In India, pearl millet is the fourth most widely cultivated food crop after rice, wheat, and maize.
→ The major pearl millet growing states are Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana, which account for more than 90% of pearl millet acreage in the country and are commonly grown in rainy (kharif) season (June/July–September/October).
→ Hybrid HB1 was released in 1965 from University PAU, Ludhiana, thus making India the first country in the world to develop grain hybrid utilizing a cytoplasmic-genetic male-sterile line (Tift 23A) and a restorer line (BIL 3B).
In India, pearl millet is the fourth most widely cultivated food crop after rice, wheat, and maize.
→ The major pearl millet growing states are Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana, which account for more than 90% of pearl millet acreage in the country and are commonly grown in rainy (kharif) season (June/July–September/October).
→ Hybrid HB1 was released in 1965 from University PAU, Ludhiana, thus making India the first country in the world to develop grain hybrid utilizing a cytoplasmic-genetic male-sterile line (Tift 23A) and a restorer line (BIL 3B).