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Question
Discuss the method of breeding for disease resistance.
Solution
Plant diseases are caused by pathogens like viruses, bacteria and fungi. This affects crop yield. To develop disease-resistant varieties of crops, that would increase the yield and reduce the use of fungicides and bactericides are important. Some disease-resistant varieties are as follows:
| Crop | Variety | Resistance to diseases |
| Wheat | Himgiri | Leaf and stripe rust, hill bunt |
| Cauliflower | Pusa Shubhra, Pusa Snowball K-1 | Black rot |
| Cowpea | Pusa Komal | Bacterial blight |
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