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Top 2 Methods of Plant Breeding | Botany

The following points highlight the top two methods of plant breeding. The methods are: 1. Mutation Breeding 2. Haploid/Monoploid Breeding. Method # 1. Mutation Breeding: Mutation is a sudden heritable change in the genotype of an organism. The process by which the change does occur is called mutation and the individual in which it is observed is called mutant. Mutation [...]

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Methods Employed in Plant Breeding (With Diagram)

The below mentioned article provides an overview on the three methods employed in plant breeding. The methods employed in plant breeding are: (I) Selection (II) Hybridisation and (III) Mutation Breeding. Method # I. Selection: The oldest method of plant improvement is by the selection of the best plants and by growing only the seed from them. This is useful only [...]

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