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 [...]
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 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. [...]