A brief comparison of pre-breeding and traditional breeding is presented below. Comparison # 1. Pre-Breeding: 1. Pre-breeding is also known as genetic enhancement. 2. It leads to genetic enhancement of germplasm. 3. It leads to value addition. 4. It leads to broadening the genetic base of the population. 5. The chief breeding method id backcross method. 6. The end products [...]
Everything you need to need about breeding for disease and insect resistance ! Q. 1. What is disease? Ans. In crop plants, various disorders caused by pathogens are called disease. Q. 2. What is pathogen? Ans. Various disease causing organisms such as fungi, bacteria, viruses and mycoplasma refer to pathogen. Q. 3. What is pathogenicity? Ans. Ability of a pathogen [...]
Everything you need to know about the introduction and selection methods of plant breeding ! Q. 1. What are breeding methods? Ans. Various procedures (selections, hybridization, mutation, etc.) which are used for genetic improvement of crop plants are known as breeding methods. Q. 2. How will you classify plant breeding methods? Ans. Plant breeding methods are classified on the basis [...]