A 'new' variety of rice was patented by a foreign company , though such varieties have been present in India for a long time . This is related to
Lerma Rojo
Sharbati Sonora
Co - 667
Basmati
As we learnt in
Green Revolution -
The novel technological development of the Green Revolution was the production of novel wheat cultivars.
- wherein
Agronomists bred cultivars of maize, wheat, and rice that are generally referred to as HYVs or "high-yielding varieties”
Sharbati Sonora and Lerma Rojo are varieties of wheat. Basmati is the variety of rice on which got patented by an American company
through the US patent and trademark office that was actually been derived from Indian farmer’s varieties in 1997.
Option 1)
Lerma Rojo
Incorrect
Option 2)
Sharbati Sonora
Incorrect
Option 3)
Co - 667
Incorrect
Option 4)
Basmati
Correct