Everything you need to know about plant breeding ! Q. 1. What is plant breeding? Ans. Plant breeding is defined as the art, science and technology of improving genetic make-up of crop plants in relation to their economic use for mankind. Q. 2. Who defined plant breeding as current phase of crop evolution? Ans. N.W. Simmonds (1979) defined plant breeding [...]
Everything you need to know about apomixis in plant breeding! Q.1. What is apomixis? Give its main features. Ans. The term apomixis was first used by Winkler in 1906. Apomixis refers to the development of seed without fertilization. In other words it does not involve sexual fusion for development of seed. It differs from amphimixis which involves union of male [...]
Everything you need to know about the hybridization method used in plant breeding ! Q. 1. What are breeding methods involving hybridization? Ans. The following breeding methods involve hybridization: (i) Pedigree breeding method. (ii) Bulk breeding method. (iii) Single seed descent method. (iv) Heterosis breeding, and (v) Population improvement approaches. Q. 2. What are uses of hybridization? Ans. Hybridization is [...]