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[#491] Garlic contain amino acid
Correct Answer
(A) Alliin
Explanation
Solution: Garlic contains the amino acid Alliin . Alliin is a sulfoxide that is a natural constituent of fresh garlic. It is a derivative of the amino acid cysteine. When fresh garlic is chopped or crushed, the enzyme alliinase converts alliin into allicin, which is responsible for the aroma of fresh garlic. Alliin showed a good hydroxyl radical-scavenging effect and has also been found to affect immune responses in blood.
[#492] First picking in bittergourd can be done after
Correct Answer
(A) 50 - 60 days
Explanation
Solution: First picking in bitter gourd can be done after 50 - 60 days. The crop of bitter gourd takes about 55 - 60 days from seed sowing to reach the first harvest. Further pickings should be done at an interval of 2 - 3 days as bitter gourd fruits mature very fast and turn red. The yield is usually about 60 - 100 quintal/ha.
[#493] Commercial rootstock of sweet cherry is
Correct Answer
(D) Mazzard
Explanation
Solution: The commercial rootstock of sweet cherry is Mazzard . Mazzard is the most popular cherry rootstock grown in North America. It is generally more vigorous than Mahaleb, especially in poorer soils. Performs in deep soils with good drainage. This rootstock is somewhat dwarfing, cold hardy and precocious. It is a robust and determined cherry tree that offers high yields of tiny, delicious cherries. This variety is extremely disease resistant and works great as a rootstock for grafting other varieties.
[#494] Welsh and Grimbell in 1947 1 st reported male sterility in
Correct Answer
(B) Carrot
Explanation
Solution: Welsh and Grimbell 1947 first reported male sterility in carrots. Cytoplasmic male sterility in carrots can occur in two morphologically distinct phenotypes. CMS system has been established for the first time in Asiatic carrot germplasm in India at IARI. CMS was introduced into carrot breeding materials and provides a very efficient tool for mass-scale pollination control.
[#495] 'Petha' is made from
Correct Answer
(A) Ash gourd
Explanation
Solution: Petha is made from Ash gourd. Ash gourds, commonly referred to as white pumpkins, are a vegetable with a pale-green exterior and white, heavily-seeded, savory inside that is used to make petha. The gourd is sliced into bite-sized pieces and then cured for a few hours in a solution of lime. They boil the gourd pieces until they are soft after removing them from the lime solution, and then they soak them in a flavorful syrup. The final candy has a sugar-crisp exterior and an almost moist, sticky interior with a chewy, crystalline texture.