The high-yielding semi-dwarf wheat varieties related to the Green Revolution were developed by :
Norman E. Borlaug
The Green Revolution of the 1960s rested on high-yielding semi-dwarf wheat. These short, stiff-strawed varieties, carrying the Norin 10 dwarfing genes, were bred in Mexico at the programme that later became CIMMYT, and they could take heavy doses of fertiliser and irrigation without lodging (falling over).
The American plant breeder Norman E. Borlaug led that wheat-breeding work and developed the semi-dwarf varieties such as Lerma Rojo 64 and Sonora 64. India imported these seeds in 1965–66, and Borlaug received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for this work.
M.S. Swaminathan is the father of the Green Revolution in India: he brought Borlaug's varieties to India and adapted them to Indian conditions, but he did not originally develop them. G.S. Khush is known for high-yielding rice varieties (IR36, IR64) at IRRI, and B.P. Pal was a wheat breeder and the first Director-General of ICAR, not the developer of the semi-dwarf wheats.
Norman E. Borlaug option is correct.
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How is permaculture farming different from conventional chemical farming?
1. Permaculture farming discourages monocultural practices but in conventional chemical farming, monoculture practices are predominant.
2. Conventional chemical farming can cause an increase in soil salinity but the occurrence of such phenomenon is not observed in permaculture farming.
3. Conventional chemical farming is easily possible in semi-arid regions but permaculture farming is not so easily possible in such regions.
4. Practice of mulching is very important in permaculture farming but not necessarily so conventional chemical farming
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1. The palm oil tree is native to Southeast Asia.
2. Palm oil is a raw material for some industries producing lipstick and perfumes.
3. Palm oil can be used to produce biodiesel.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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1. The ‘Climate-Smart Village’ approach in India is a part of a project Jed by the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), an international research programme.
2. The project of CCAFS is carried out under Consultative Group on ‘International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) headquartered in France.
3. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India is one of the CGIAR’s research centres.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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1. This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies, and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with cluster approach.
2. Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have larger stake in this scheme.
3. An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and microirrigation equipment.
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1. Reduction in weed
2. Reduction in soil salinity
3. Reduction in soil erosion
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