Which plant breeding technique involves crossing two genetically dissimilar parents to create a new variety with desirable traits from both?
Selection
Mutation breeding
Hybridization
Polyploidy
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In Mung bean, resistant to ___ and ___ were induced by mutations?
Powdery mildew and TMV
TMV and yellow mosaic virus
Yellow mosaic virus and powdery mildew
Yellow mosaic virus and CMV
The raw material obtained, from which one of the following plants, and is used in paper making?
Jerusalem artichoke
Oryza sativa
Sorghum vulgare
Butea monosperma
Emasculation is related to
Pureline
Mass selection
Clonal selection
Hybridization
In maize, presence of high aspartic acid, low nitrogen and sugar content protect them from
Aphids
Fruit borer
Jassids
Stem borer
Wonder wheat is new wheat variety developed by
Mexico’s International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre
Indian National Botanical Research Institute
Australian Crop Improvement Centre
African Crop Improvement Centre
Hairy leaves in cotton, resistant to insect pest.
Morphological adaptation
Physiological adaptation
1 and 2
Adaptation in terms of behave
Biofortification aims to address malnutrition by enhancing the nutritional value of crops. Which of the following is NOT a typical target nutrient for biofortification?
Iron
Zinc
Fiber
Vitamin A
Which of the following is NOT a primary goal of biofortification?
Increasing micronutrient content
Enhancing bioavailability of micronutrients
Improving agronomic biofortification traits
Enhancing pest resistance
Which of the following techniques aims to improve the nutritional quality of crops by increasing their vitamin and mineral content through selective breeding?
Genetic modification
Bioremediation
Biofortification
Tissue culture
Classical plant breeding involves
I. crossing hybridization of purelines
II. artificial selection to produce plants with desirable characters of high yield
III. nutrition
IV. resistance to disease
Choose the correct option
I, II and IV only
I, II and III only
II, III and IV only
I, II, III and IV