Question

Semi-dwarf varieties of a crop plant were derived from IR-8. Name that crop.

Class XII
Strategies for enhancement in food production

Answer 1

IR-8 is the semi-dwarf variety derived from crop plant Rice. 

Answer 2

IR-8 is the semi-dwarf variety of rice. this was created by combination of a tall variety of rice from Indonesia and a dwarf variety from Taiwan. this strain has proved to give double the yield of any other local variety in Asia.