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Question
Answer the following question in ‘One’ sentence only:
Define ‘mutation breeding’.
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Solution
Mutation breeding, sometimes referred to as “variation breeding”, is the process of exposing seeds to chemicals or radiation in order to generate mutants with desirable traits to be bred with other cultivars.
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