Name: Storage of Grains
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 2 min 26 s
Description: Everyone needs some love, extra care, and a little protection. Even the grains of the crops! Let’s find out how farmers protect their grains.

Question

Mention any two desirable agronomic characters for crop improvement. Explain how farmers get desired characters incorporated into the new varieties produced. List two condition necessary for the new varieties to be accepted.

Accepted Answer

Desirable agronomic characters for crop improvement are:

1. For fodder crops, tall and profuse branching is desirable character.

2. For cereals, dwarfness is a desirable character, so that these crops consume less nutrition.

Varieties of crops to be selected by the farmers depends upon different characters like disease resistance, crop yield, quality of the crop, response to fertilizers etc. Desired characters are incorporated to new varieties by hybridization and genetically modified crops. Plant hybridization is the process of crossbreeding between genetically dissimilar parents to produce a hybrid.

Conditions necessary for the new varieties to be accepted are:

1. The new varieties of the plants should be free from pests and diseases.

2. The developing varieties should be able to grow and adapt in different conditions, and capable of growing in different climate conditions.

Mention any two desirable agronomic characters for crop improvement. Explain how farmers get desired characters incorporated into the new varieties produced. List two condition necessary for the new varieties to be accepted.

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