The following points highlight the four main of plant breeding methods. The methods are: 1. Mass Selection 2. Pure Line Selection 3. Recurrent Selection 4. Clonal Selection. Method # 1. Mass Selection: When a large number of plants of similar phenotype are selected and their seeds are mixed together to constitute a new variety is called mass selection. The population [...]
The following points highlight the top two ways to promote cross pollination. The ways are: 1. Incompatibility 2. Male Sterility. Way # 1. Incompatibility: Self-incompatibility refers to the situation when in a bisexual flower fertile pollen and ovule are produced but the pollen is unable to fertilize the ovule due to some reasons which may be classified as follows: (a) [...]
Learn about the comparison between pedigree method and back-cross method. Comparison # Pedigree Method: 1. The aim of this method to produce the new variety which is totally different from the parents bearing superior characters. 2. The method is used generally to improve the yield and other characters of the variety. 3. This method is useful to improve both qualitative [...]