In the Indian context the terms lsquo IR8 rsquo lsquo IR36 rsquo lsquo Sonora 64 rsquo and lsquo Ler...........

World Geography (Easy) Agriculture

In the Indian context, the terms ‘IR8’, ‘IR36’, ‘Sonora 64’ and ‘LermaRojo’ are all associated with

Sustainable agriculture

Food security

Nutrition security

a and b only

In the early 1960s, India imported 18,000 tonnes of the semi-dwarf high yielding (HY) wheat variety, LermaRojo and Sonora 64.
Developed by Borlaug and his team at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico, these wheat varieties proved to be the harbinger of the Green Revolution.
Indian scientists adapted the imported germplasm to create indigenous varieties: Kalyan developed by D S Athwal and Sona created by M S Swaminathan.

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