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Kalyan Sona is a high-yielding variety of which crop that gained prominence in India during the Green Revolution?
Rice
Wheat
Maize
Barley
Wheat
Kalyan Sona is a semi-dwarf, high-yielding variety of wheat introduced to India during the Green Revolution in the late 1960s. Developed from Mexican dwarf wheat strains by the renowned agronomist Dr. Norman Borlaug and adapted by Indian scientists, it significantly boosted national wheat production and helped India achieve self-sufficiency in food grains.
Kalyan Sona is a semi-dwarf, high-yielding variety of wheat introduced to India during the Green Revolution in the late 1960s. Developed from Mexican dwarf wheat strains by the renowned agronomist Dr. Norman Borlaug and adapted by Indian scientists, it significantly boosted national wheat production and helped India achieve self-sufficiency in food grains.
The Green Revolution in India was initiated under the leadership of Minister of Agriculture C. Subramaniam and agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan, primarily focusing on high-yielding varieties (HYV) of wheat and rice in the states of Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh.
Kalyan Sona and Lerma Rojo-64A were the primary dwarf wheat varieties introduced during the Green Revolution.
Semi-dwarf varieties possess strong stalks that prevent lodging (falling over) even under heavy fertilizer application and irrigation.
The Green Revolution era drastically transformed India from a food-deficient nation facing ship-to-mouth existence into a surplus producer.
Option A is incorrect because high-yielding rice varieties introduced during the same period included IR-8 and Jaya.
Option C is incorrect as maize HYV varieties include Ganga-1 and Deccan-101, which were developed later.
Option D is incorrect because barley was not the primary focus of the high-yielding variety programs during the initial Green Revolution phase.
B is correct тАФ Kalyan Sona is a prominent high-yielding semi-dwarf variety of wheat introduced during the Green Revolution.
In railway and civil service exams, questions frequently pair crop varieties like Kalyan Sona (wheat) and Jaya (rice) with their respective developers or the specific decade of the Green Revolution.
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