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 [...]
Everything you need to know about doubled haploids in crop improvement ! Q. 1. What do you mean by doubled haploids? Ans. Doubled haploids refer to the diploid lines which are obtained by doubling the chromosome number of a haploid line by colchicine treatment. Such condition is referred to as doubled haploids. Q. 2. What are main features doubled haploids? [...]
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 [...]