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Use of double haploids in plant breeding helps to (1) reduce generation time while interogressing recessive traits (2) reduce generation time while interogressing dominant traits (3) develop somatic hybrids (4) […]

Which of the following is wild relative of wheat? (1) Triticum monococcum (2) Triticum compactum (3) Triticum vulgare (4) Triticum boeoticum Option-wise explanation Triticum monococcum This is domesticated einkorn wheat, derived […]

Given below are a few statements related to biological principles and/or techniques: A. Genetic diversity plays an important role in the identification of combiners for heterosis breeding B. Genotyping by […]

Which one of the following regions of the target gene is NOT used for making an RNAi construct to knock down its expression? (1) 5′ UTR of the mature transcript […]

Which one of the following approaches/markers would be typically used for discovering polymorphism between two closely related accessions of a crop plant? (1) AFLP   (2) GBS (3) SSR     (4) […]

The rattans and canes that we use in furniture belong to (1) bamboos                (2) palms (3) arborescent lilies (4) legumes Cultivated rattans and […]

Cultivated bananas are sterile because (1) male flower-bearing plants are very rare. (2) they lack natural pollinators in the crop plants. (3) they are triploid and therefore seeds are not […]

Given below are a few statements related to plant breeding and genetics: A. Non-random mating between individuals closely related to each other would tend to promote a decrease in homozygosity […]

In the context of plant breeding and genetic engineering, which one of the following statements is correct? (1) To achieve high expression level of a heterologous gene in a transgenic […]