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[#291] Fruit of potato is called
Correct Answer
(D) Berry
Explanation
Solution: The fruit of the potato plant is called a berry . The fruits may look a lot like a tomato but are just the berry of the potato plant. The berries are not edible, it is toxic but they don't affect the development of the tubers. Although the fruit doesn't harm the growth of the tubers. After flowering, potato plants produce small green fruits that resemble green cherry tomatoes, each containing about 300 seeds.
[#292] The yellow pigment in papaya fruit is
Correct Answer
(D) Caricaxanthin
Explanation
Solution: The yellow pigment in papaya fruit is Caricaxanthin . The caricaxanthin is the combination word used for carotene and Xanthophyll. Thus, the yellow colour of papaya fruit is due to the presence of carotene and xanthophyll pigment present in the chromoplasts of the fruit pulp.
[#293] Which of the following variety of cabbage is late variety?
Correct Answer
(A) Pusa Drum Head
Explanation
Solution: Out of the given options, Pusa Drum Head is the late variety of cabbage. Pusa Drum Head is the late maturing variety. It takes about 105 - 110 days from transplanting to head formation. The heads are large, flat, little loose-shaped. Each head weighs 3 - 5 kg.
[#294] Gros Michel is a high yielding variety of banana, but susceptible to
Correct Answer
(B) Panama wilt
Explanation
Solution: Gros Michel is a high-yielding variety of bananas, but susceptible to Panama disease. Gros Michel is often known as ‘Big Mike’, it was an export cultivar of banana but was at the center of one of the world's most serious plant disease epidemics as whole plantations in many countries succumbed to Race 1 of this devastating disease during the first half of the 20 th Century. An outbreak of this disease in the 1950s destroyed the Gros Michel industry and rendered it virtually extinct.
[#295] Tamarind fruit botanically is a type of fruit
Correct Answer
(C) Pod (lomentum)
Explanation
Solution: Tamarind fruit botanically is a type of fruit Pod (lomentum) . Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is a leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is probably indigenous to tropical Africa. The genus Tamarindus is monotypic, meaning that it contains only this species. It belongs to the family Fabaceae. Tamarind is a fruit pod filled with seeds surrounded by a tangy pulp. As the pod matures, the pulp becomes sweeter. Tamarind is sold as raw pods, in a pressed block and as a paste.