Principle of Inheritance and VariationHard
Question
Mutations used in agriculture are commonly
Options
A.induced
B.spontaneous
C.lethal
D.recessive and lethal
Solution
In agriculture induced induced mutations are commonly used. These mutations can be artificially induced by mutagens. These mutagens, (ie, mutation causing agents) include physical mutagens like temperature, high energy radiations, chemical mutagens like nitrous acid, alkylating agents, (nitrogen and sulphur mustards, methyl and ethyl sulphonate, nitrosoguanidine etc), acridines. Sharbati Sonora, Reimei, Atruita 2 , Jagannath, Hans, Ranjan are some of varirties of cereals which have been produced by induced mutations.
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