Question
Plant breeding technique has helped sugar industry in North India. Explain how.
Solution
Saccharum barberi was originally grown by the farmers of north India. It had low sugar content and yield. Saccharum officinarum, which was grown in South India, had high sugar content and thicker stem. However, it could not be grown in North India.
The plant breeding method of 'Hybridisation of these two species brought the desirable qualities of the both into a single variety, which could be grown in north India and had high sugar content and thicker stem. This
