Everything you need to know about gene revolution in crop plants ! Q. 1. What is gene revolution? Ans. Gene revolution refers to quantum jump in the productivity of various field crops through use of transgenic cultivars. It has been achieved through the application of Agricultural Biotechnology. Hence agricultural biotechnology is referred to as the 'Evergreen Revolution' or the "Gene [...]
Everything you need to know about genomics in crop Plants ! Q. 1. What is genomics? Ans. The term genomics was first used by Thomas Roderick in 1986. It refers to the study of structure and function of entire genome of a living organism. Q. 2. Define Genome. Ans. Genome refers to the basic set of chromosomes. In a genome, [...]
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 [...]