Methods of Plant Breeding for Crop Improvement
Methods of Plant Breeding for Crop Improvement: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Hybrid, Mutation Breeding, Plant Breeding Methods, Selection Method in Plant Breeding, Plant Breeding With Exotic Species, Story of Triticale and, Polyploid Plant Breeding
Important Questions on Methods of Plant Breeding for Crop Improvement
Exotic species can be introduced to an area by
When an exotic species or non-indigenous species which do not belong to the particular natural habitat is introduced then it leads to positive ecological effects.
The exotic species can lead to the extinction of the native species and thus affect the biodiversity and alter the habitat.
_____ species are those that have been intentionally or unintentionally introduced by humans into an ecosystem in which they did not evolve.
The hybrid variety is _____ generation.
_____ (Hybrid/Natural) seeds are more vigorous, give higher yields and store well.
Liger is the offspring of a tiger and a lion and is an example of an animal hybrid.
Hybrids are chosen to deteriorate the characteristics of the resulting plants.
Name the first man made cereal.
Mutation breeding is based on _____ mutants.
A pure line is a progeny of a single homozygous self-pollinated plant.
In mutation breeding, Sharbati Sonora wheat was produced from Sonora-64 by using _____.
Which set of fruits have been modified into seedless varieties by polyploidy breeding technique?
Which of the following is the first man-made cereal hybrid?
Biomagnification is the process of enriching plants with desirable nutrients.
When two or more plants are crossed for bringing their desired characters together in one progeny is called a _____.
A group of plants produced from single plant through vegetative or asexual reproduction are called a pure line.
The process of producing an organism with more than two sets of chromosomes is called mutation.
Raphano brassica is a man-made tetraploid produced by colchicine treatment.
