In a controlled breeding program for sheep, a farmer aims to increase both wool yield and meat production. Which breeding strategy is MOST likely to achieve this dual objective, considering potential trade-offs between these traits?
Inbreeding within a single breed known for high wool yield
Crossbreeding with a breed known for high meat production, disregarding wool yield
Crossbreeding with different breeds selected for each trait, followed by selection of offspring with the desired combination
Random mating within a mixed population of sheep
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Fisheries includes rearing, catching, sellings, of
Fishes
Molluscs
Crustaceans
All of these
The practices concerned with the improvement in animals husbandry include
Management of farm and farm animals
Animals breeding
Both (1) and (2)
None of the above
Interspecific hybridization is the mating of
two different related species
two individuals of the same species
more than two species
two individuals of different genera
Gambusia fish is
Cat fish
Sucker fish
Mosquito fish
Flat fish
Select the incorrect statement.
Velocity is a vector quantity.
Speed is a vector quantity.
Displacement is a vector quantity.
Mass is a scalar quantity.
…….. is used in the manufacture of many items including cosmetics, shaving creams and polishes of various kinds. The most appropriate word for filling the blank is
Bee wax
Honey
Latex
Resin
Which type of honey bees are useful for apiary industries in India?
Apis indica
Apis dorsata
Apis mellifera
Apis florae
Apiculture is associated with the rearing of:
Silkworms
Honeybees
Fishes
Poultry
What is the primary taxonomic requirement for interspecific hybridization to occur?
Same species, different subspecies
Different genera, same family
Same genus, different species
Different families, same order
Rearing of honey bees for obtaining honey and bee wax is called
Pisciculture
Sericulture
Apiculture
Aquaculture
