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(a) Write the desirable characters a farmer looks for in his sugarcane crop. (b) How did plant breeding techniques help north Indian farmers to develop cane with desired characters ?

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(a) The desirable characters that should be present in sugarcane crop are : - (a) High yield (b) Thick stem (c) High sugar content (d) ability to grow in North India.
(b) With the help of plant breeding, the two varieties of sugarcane i.e. Saccharum barberi [sugarcane of North India] and Saccharum officinarum [sugarcane of South India] were crossed to obtain sugarcane varieties having desirable qualities. So that a good quality sugarcane variety could be grown in North India.

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