Everything you need to know about breeding for drought and salinity resistance ! Q. 1. What is stress? Ans. Stress refers to adverse conditions for crop growth and production imposed by either biotic or abiotic factors. Q. 2. What are biotic factors? Ans. Living organisms such as diseases, insects and parasitic weeds which cause stress conditions for crop growth and [...]
Everything you need to know about apomixis in plant breeding! Q.1. What is apomixis? Give its main features. Ans. The term apomixis was first used by Winkler in 1906. Apomixis refers to the development of seed without fertilization. In other words it does not involve sexual fusion for development of seed. It differs from amphimixis which involves union of male [...]
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 [...]