Economically important crop plants with superior quality are raised by ______.

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Economically important crop plants with superior quality are raised by Breeding.

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Chapter 20 Breeding and Biotechnology
Evaluation | Q II. 1. | Page 297

In a hexaploid wheat( 2n = 6 x = 42 ) the haploid (n) and the basic(x) number of chromosomes respectively are ______.

______ is the chemical used for doubling the chromosomes.

The process of producing an organism with more than two sets of chromosome is called mutation.

A group of plants produced from a single plant through vegetative or asexual reproduction are called a pureline.

Iron fortified rice variety determines the protein quality of the cultivated plant

In vitro fertilisation means the fertilisation done inside the body.

Semi-dwarf varieties were introduced in rice. This was made possible by the presence of dwarfing gene in rice. Name this dwarfing gene.

Describe mutation breeding with an example.

With a neat labelled diagram explain the techniques involved in gene cloning.

Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOT)

‘P’ is a gene required for the synthesis of vitamin A. It is integrated with genome of ‘Q’ to produce genetically modified plant ‘R’.