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Question 17

An agricultural scientist wants to use selective breeding to produce a variety of tomato plant that is drought-resistant, high-yielding, and produces sweet-tasting fruit.

The table below shows the characteristics of three different varieties of tomato plant.

CharacteristicVariety PVariety QVariety R
Drought resistanceDrought-resistantRequires high wateringRequires high watering
Fruit yieldLow-yieldingHigh-yieldingHigh-yielding
Fruit flavourSourSweet-tastingSour

Explain which two varieties of tomato plant the scientist should breed together.

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