In a breeding program aiming to develop a new variety of rice with increased grain size and resistance to a particular bacterial blight, which combination of breeding techniques would be MOST effective?
Mass selection followed by selfing
Mutation breeding followed by pureline selection
Hybridization followed by marker-assisted selection
Clonal selection followed by outcrossing
Related Questions
Gossypium hirsutum is
New world tetraploid
Old world tetraploid
New world diploid
Old world diploid
India’s wheat yield revolution in the 1960s was possible primarily due to
Hybrid seeds
Increased chlorophyll content
Mutations resulting in plant height reduction
Quantitative trait mutations
Emasculation is related to
Pureline
Mass selection
Clonal selection
Hybridization
The entire collection having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called
Gene collection
Germ collection
Germplasm collection
Plasma collection
The scientific process by which crop plants are enriched with certain desirable nutrients is called
Crop protection
Plant breeding
Biofortification
Bioremediation
The conventional method of breeding for resistance includes
I. screening the germplasm for resistant sources
II. hybridization of selected parents
III. selection and evaluation of the hybrids
IV. testing and release of new varieties
Choose the correct option
I, II and III
I, III and IV
II, III and IV
I, II, III and IV
Father of green revolution in India is?
Norman Borlaug
Herbert Boyer
M. S. Swaminathan
Fire and Mello
Examples of high-yielding and disease resistant wheat varieties are
Sonalika
Kalyan Sona
Both (1) and (2)
Jaya
Which statement is NOT true about Golden Rice?
It was genetically engineered to produce beta-carotene.
It was developed to address vitamin A deficiency.
It was developed to be pest-resistant.
It was developed through a public-private partnership.
Pusakomal variety of cowpea is resistant to?
Jassids
Aphids
Fruit borers
Bacterial blight
