Everything you need to know about synthetic and composite varieties of crops. Q. 1. What is inbred line? Ans. In allogamous species, a true breeding line obtained by continuous inbreeding is called inbred line. Main features of inbred line are given below: (i) It is relevant to cross pollinated species (ii) It is true breeding (iii) It is homozygous and [...]
Everything you need to know about transgenic breeding ! Q. 1. What is transgenic? Ans. Genetically engineered organisms are called transgenics. In other words, a genotype developed by the process of genetic engineering is called transgenic (plural transgenics). It may be a plant, an animal or microbes such as fungi, viruses and bacteria. Q. 2. Who coined the term transgenic? [...]
Everything you need to know about self-incompatibility and male sterility in plants ! Q. 1. What is self incompatibility? Ans. The inability of a plant with functional pollen to set seeds when self pollinated is called self incompatibility. Self incompatibility is classified into two groups, viz. heteromorphic system and homomorphic system. Q. 2. Who coined the term self incompatibility? Ans. [...]