Question

Which of the following techniques was used to get yellow mosaic virus resistant mung lentil?

• A. Mutation breeding
• B. Introduction
• C. Hybridisation
• D. Tissue culture

Hint:

Mutation breeding is commonly used in pulses to develop disease resistant varieties.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Understanding resistance breeding.
Yellow mosaic virus is a major disease in pulses like mung lentil. To develop resistant varieties, mutation breeding was applied.
Step 2: Mutation breeding.
Mutation breeding involves exposing seeds to chemicals or radiations to create mutations, and selecting resistant plants.
Step 3: Conclusion.
Thus, yellow mosaic resistant mung lentil was developed by mutation breeding.