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Natural hexaploid crop is:...

Natural hexaploid crop is:

A

Common wheat (Triticum aestivum)

B

Maize (Zea mays

C

Paddy (Oryza sativa)

D

Cotton (Gossypuim hirsutum)

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A
Common bresd whet (Triticum aestivum) is a natural hexaploid carrying 42 chromosomes (base number is 7). It carried genomes of three different parents. Triricum monococcum is a diploid weat (chromosome number 28).
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