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Select the incorrect statement with respect to Atlas 66:

Option: 1

A wheat variety having high protein content


Option: 2

Used as a donor for improving cultivated wheat


Option: 3

Is a variety of mexican dwarf wheat

 


Option: 4

Has been used for biofortification


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Atlas 66 is a high-yielding wheat variety that was developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in the 1960s. It is not a variety of Mexican dwarf wheat.

The other statements are correct:

Atlas 66 is a wheat variety having high protein content.

It has been used as a donor for improving cultivated wheat.

It has been used for biofortification, which is the process of increasing the nutritional value of crops.

Option 3 is the correct answer.

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