Question

(a) Name the tropical sugar cane variety grown in South India. How has it helped in improving the sugar cane quality grown in North India ? 

(b) Identify 'a' ,'b' and 'c' in the following table :

S.No.	Crop	Variety	Insect Pests
1.	Brassica	Pusa Gaurav	(a)
2.	Flat bean	Pusa Sem 2 Pusa Sem 3	(b)
3.	(c)	Pusa Sawani Pusa A-4	Shoot and fruit borer

Answer 1

(a) Saccharum officinarum, crossed with, North Indian variety (Saccharum barberi) to increase quality.

(b) (i) Aphids 

(ii) Jassids / aphids / fruit borer

(iii) Okra (Bhindi)