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?

Borlaug Signup and view all the answers

What does GMO stand for?

Genetically Modified Organism Signup and view all the answers

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

Mendel’s laws of heredity rediscovered Signup and view all the answers

Who developed the first GMO, 'FlavrSavr' tomato?

Avery, MacLeod, McCarty Signup and view all the answers

Who received the Nobel Prize for the Green Revolution?

Borlaug 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?

1866 Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed a model for DNA material structure in 1953?

Watson, Crick , Wilkins Signup and view all the answers

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Which event is considered the first evidence of plant domestication?

Who demonstrated natural crossing in maize?

Which scientists proposed a model for DNA material structure in 1953?

Who received the Nobel Prize for the Green Revolution in 1970?

What does GMO stand for?

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

Who developed the first GMO, 'FlavrSavr' tomato?

Who received the Nobel Prize for the Green Revolution?

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

Who proposed a model for DNA material structure in 1953?

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