alleryTriticale, the first man-made cereal, is obtained by crossing wheat with which other cereal?
ABarley
BMaize
CRye
DOat
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Rye
1. Triticale is described as the first man-made cereal hybrid.
2. It is produced by crossing wheat (Triticum durum) with rye (Secale cereale).
3. The sterile F1 is then made fertile by doubling chromosomes with colchicine.
4. Hence the answer is C.
_Source: Samacheer Kalvi (TN SCERT) Class 10 Science, Unit "Breeding and Biotechnology", p.297_
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