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Explain the process involved in obtaining improved varieties of sugarcane.
What are the chief sources of starch and how is it stored?
Answer: The cereal crops such as rice, maize, and wheat, and underground tubers such as potato, arrowroot, sweet potato, and cassava are the chief sources of starch. Starch is stored in the form of grains (inside plastids) and is present within thin-walled cells.
True or false:Sugarcane breeding only involves selection and intervarietal hybridization.
False
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