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प्रश्न
What is emasculation?
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उत्तर
Emasculation is the process of removing stamens from the female parent flower before they have burst and shed their pollen, done to prevent self-fertilisation during hybridisation in plants. It ensures that only the desired pollen from another plant fertilises the flower.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
While studying the history of the domestication of various cultivated plants _______ were recognized earlier.
Which one of the following crop varieties correct matches with its resistance to disease?
| Variety | Resistance to disease |
| a) Pusa Komal | Bacterial blight |
| b) Pusa Sadabahar | White rust |
| c) Pusa Shubhra | Chilli mosaic virus |
| d) Brassica | Pusa swarnim |
Explain the best-suited type followed by plant breeders at present?
The science of changing and improving the heredity of plants is called ______
The biggest constraint of plant breeding is ______.
A collection of all the alleles of all the genes of a crop plant is called ______.
What is emasculation? Why and when is it done?
Discuss the two main limitations of plant hybridization programme.
Name the improved characteristics of wheat that helped India to achieve green revolution.
What are A, B in the following table:
| Transgenic Crop | Substance | Transgene | |
| (i) | A | Flavonoids | Chalone isomerase |
| (ii) | Rice | B | Ferritin |
