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Who is credited with identifying 'petro-crops'?
  1. Swaminathan
  2. Borlaug
  3. Calvin
  4. Krebs

A
Calvin
B
Borlaug
C
Swaminathan
D
Krebs
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Latex of some plants containing long-chain hydrocarbons is considered to be a good substitute for liquid fuels or petroleum. Such plants having large amount of latex with long chain hydrocarbon are called petroplants. Cultivation of petroleum is also a part of energy cropping. cultivation of this petrocrop was first of all done by Italians in Ethiopia about fifty years back. Although actual credit for identifying the petrocrop crops goes to Dr. Calvin.
So, the correct option is 'Calvin'.

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