Cultivation of hybrid rice is most popular in

A. Korea

B. China

C. India

D. Philippines

Answer: Option B

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Two different parents bred to form a hybrid of rice. IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) is working with its partners to develop new and improved varieties of rice. In 1970, China’s hybrid rice breeding program averted an impending famine, hybrid rice is estimated to be planted on more than 50% of rice growing fields to increase its annual rice yields.