Mutation Breeding for Oligogenic Traits
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Which step involves treating several hundred seeds with a mutagen and planting them?

  • Step M4
  • Step M3
  • Step M1 (correct)
  • Step M2
  • What is the purpose of bagging the inflorescences of M1 plants or even the whole M1 plants?

  • To increase crop yield
  • To promote genetic diversity
  • To enhance seed production
  • To prevent outcrossing (correct)
  • Why are M1 plants considered chimeras for the mutations present in heterozygous state?

  • Because they carry mutations only in recessive alleles
  • Because they carry mutations only in dominant alleles
  • Because they carry mutations in both homozygous and heterozygous state
  • Because they carry mutations in both recessive and dominant alleles (correct)
  • How many seeds are harvested from each M1 spike to raise the M2 progeny rows?

    <p>20 to 25 seeds</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many progeny rows are grown in step M2?

    <p>About 2,000 progeny rows</p> Signup and view all the answers

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