Question

find out the work of benjamin peary pal on disease resistant varieties of wheat

Answer 1

Benjamin Peary Pal developed NP (New Pusa) 700 and NP 800 series, which should combat a particular type of rust. But the real breakthrough came only in 1954 when he developed the NP 809 after 18 years of painstaking research. This variety of wheat can combat all three types of rust and it was a big step forward in increasing wheat production. He was applauded the world over for this remarkable achievement.

Answer 2

Benjamin Peary Paul was an Indian agriculturist who had a main aim of producing a disease resistant wheat varieties in India which was the main staple food of that time. He was an agricultural researcher in the pre-independence and early post-independence days, there was not much accent on agricultural research in India. The outcome of his diligence research was new breed NP 700 and NP 800 series, which could resist a certain type of rust, a common form of disease killing wheat crops.