Question

Suggest four important steps to produce a disease resistant plant through conventional plant breeding technology.

Answer 1

Important steps to produce a disease-resistant plant through conventional plant breeding technology:

1. Screening of germplasm to find sources of disease resistance.
2. Hybridization by crossing selected parent plants with desired traits.
3. Selection and evaluation of hybrid offspring for disease resistance.
4. Testing, release, and commercial cultivation of the new disease-resistant variety.