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Biotechnology And Its Applications

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The Triticale is an intergeneric hybrid between

  • wheat and maize

  • maize and rye

  • wheat and rye

  • bajra and wheat

Solution

C.

wheat and rye

The Triticale is the first man made cereal. It is formed by a cross between wheat (Triticum) and rye (Secale cerale) followed by allopolyploidy (multiplication of non- homologous chromosomes).

Triticum sp × Secale cerale 

↓

Diploid

                     ↓ Allopolyploidy

Triticale

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