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Name three improved characteristics of wheat that helped India to achieve high productivity

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Sonalika, kalyan and sona are the three improved characteristic of wheat that helped India to achieve high productivity.

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Methods of Plant Breeding for Crop Improvement

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Chapter 20 Breeding and Biotechnology
Evaluation | Q VII. 2. | Page 298

Which method of crop improvement can be practised by a farmer if he is inexperienced?

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

Rice normally grows well in alluvial soil, but ______ is a rice variety produced by mutation breeding that grows well in saline soil.

Golden rice is a hybrid.

In vitro fertilisation means the fertilisation done inside the body.

Assertion: Hybrid is superior than either of its parentsReason: Hybrid vigour is lost upon inbreeding.

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.

Biofortification may help in removing hidden hunger. How?

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’.