Question

State whether the following statement is true or false.

The method of producing new crop varieties in which two or more plants of unlike genetical constitution are crossed together is known as clonal selection.

Answer 1

This statement is false.

Explanation:

Crossing two or more plants with unlike genetic constitutions to produce new crop varieties is called hybridisation, not clonal selection. Clonal selection refers to improving plants by selecting desirable clones from vegetatively propagated populations.