Crop Breeding Methods Quiz

What is hybridisation in the context of crop improvement?

How can desirable characteristics be incorporated into crop varieties?

What is necessary for new varieties of crops to be accepted?

Hybridisation refers to crossing between genetically, dissimilar plants. This crossing may be intervarietal (between different varieties), ______ (between two different species of the same genus) or intergeneric (between different genera).

One way of incorporating desirable characters into crop varieties is by ______.

Another way of improving the crop is by introducing a gene that would provide the desired ______.

Varieties or strains of crops can be selected by breeding for various useful characteristics such as disease resistance, response to fertilisers, product quality and high ______.

For new varieties of crops to be accepted, it is necessary that the variety produces high yields under different conditions that are found in different ______.

Varieties or strains of crops can be selected by breeding for various useful characteristics such as disease resistance, response to fertilisers, product quality and high ______

One way of incorporating desirable characters into crop varieties is by ______

Hybridisation refers to crossing between genetically, dissimilar ______

Another way of improving the crop is by introducing a gene that would provide the desired ______

For new varieties of crops to be accepted, it is necessary that the variety produces high yields under different ______