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Give the names of two insect resistant crop varieties.

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The disease resistant varieties of crop plants for pathogenes like fungi, bacteria and viruses are as follows:
1. Himgiri of wheat for the disease Hill bunt, leaf and stripe rust caused by fungi.
2. Pusa shubhra and Pusa snowball K-1 of cauliflower for the disease curl blight black rot and black rot caused by bacteria.
3. Pusa sadabahar of chilli for the disease leaf curl caused by chilli mosaic virus.
4. Pusa Gaurav variety of rapessed mustard is resistant to aphids.
5. Pusa Sawni and Pusa A4 variety of Okra is resistant to shoot and fruit borer.
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