Plant Breeding

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Plant Breeding: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Selection of Seeds, Hybridization, Hybrid Varieties, Domestication, Plant Breeding Methods, Biometrics in Plant Breeding, Pureline Breed & Combination Breeding etc.

Important Questions on Plant Breeding

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In the pedigree system, males are represented by squares, while females are represented by circles.

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What is the importance of biometrics in plant breeding?

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Define pedigree system.

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Define biometrics.

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Define pureline breed.

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Heterosis is of two kinds, i.e., _____ heterosis and pseudo-heterosis.

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The production of hybrid varieties of maize consists of three main steps:

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Backcrossing involves both _____ (hybridisation/susceptible) and selection.

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The main aim of combination breeding is to transfer one or more characters into a _____ (single/multiple) variety or plant type from many others.

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Pure tall plant is heterozygous.

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Pure line breed refers to a group of identical individuals that always produce offspring of the same phenotype.

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What do you understand by pure line in genetics?

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Pure line breed represents to 

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Biomagnification is the process of enriching plants with desirable nutrients.

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Anthrax disease in an animal is a _____(virus/bacteria/protozoa) borne infection.

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Individual produced as a result of a cross between two genetically different parents is known as hybrid and hybridization refer to process.

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The classical method of plant breeding is

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What is domestication?

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Crossing between genetically dissimilar plants is called