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Amber coloured wheat is produced form red coloured Mexican wheat is

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Sharbati sonora
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Pusa Lerma
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Both A and B
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Taichung Native 1
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The correct option is C Both A and B
Sharbati Sonora is wheat variety that was produced by Dr Swaminathan by exposure of red kernelled Sonara-64, a semi dwarf Mexican wheat variety, to varied dosage of gamma and UV rays. The result was an amber kernelled variety with bold, lustrous grain and 25 % higher protein content than Sonara-64.
Similary, Lerma Roja 64A, a red kernelled semi dwarf Mexican wheat variety, was mutated by radiation therapy to produce amber kernelled Pusa Lerma.

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