Everything you need to know about genetic enhancement of crop plants ! Q.1. Define genetic enhancement and give its main features. Ans. The term genetic enhancement was first used by Jones in 1983. It refers to transfer of useful genes from exotic or wild types into agronomically acceptable background. In 1984, Rick used the term pre-breeding to describe the same [...]
Everything you need to know about plant breeding ! Q. 1. What is plant breeding? Ans. Plant breeding is defined as the art, science and technology of improving genetic make-up of crop plants in relation to their economic use for mankind. Q. 2. Who defined plant breeding as current phase of crop evolution? Ans. N.W. Simmonds (1979) defined plant breeding [...]
Everything you need to know about multiple cropping systems ! Q. 1. What do you mean by multiple cropping? Ans. Multiple cropping refers to growing two or more crops on the same field in a year. It is of two types, viz.: i. Sequential cropping and ii. Intercropping. Q. 2. What is sequential cropping? Ans. Cultivation of two or more [...]