History of Plant Breeding Milestones
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Which event is considered the first evidence of plant domestication?

  • 1761-1766 Kohlreuter demonstrating hybridization in tobacco
  • 1694 Camerarius demonstrating sex in plants
  • 9000 BC Plant domestication in the hills above the Tigris river (correct)
  • 1944 Avery, MacLeod, McCarty discovering DNA heredity
  • Who demonstrated natural crossing in maize?

  • 1694 Camerarius
  • 1866 Mendel
  • 1761-1766 Kohlreuter
  • 1714 Mather (correct)
  • Which scientists proposed a model for DNA material structure in 1953?

  • Darryl Leja
  • Watson, Crick , Wilkins (correct)
  • Berg, Cohen, Boyer
  • Avery, MacLeod, McCarty
  • Who received the Nobel Prize for the Green Revolution in 1970?

    <p>Borlaug</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does GMO stand for?

    <p>Genetically Modified Organism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which event demonstrated the transmission of traits from both parents to their offspring?

    <p>Mendel’s laws of heredity rediscovered</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who developed the first GMO, 'FlavrSavr' tomato?

    <p>Avery, MacLeod, McCarty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who received the Nobel Prize for the Green Revolution?

    <p>Borlaug</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which year did Kohlreuter demonstrate that hybrid offspring received traits from both parents and were intermediate in most traits?

    <p>1866</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who proposed a model for DNA material structure in 1953?

    <p>Watson, Crick , Wilkins</p> Signup and view all the answers

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