Plant Breeding

Plant breeding can be defined as an art, a science, and technology of improving the genetic make up of plants in relation to their economic use for mankind.

Plant breeding aims to improve the characteristics of plants so that they become more desirable agronomically and economically.

The objectives of plant breeding include achieving higher yield and improved quality of produce, tailored to the specific crop under consideration.

<p>Improvement in yield can be achieved either by evolving high yielding varieties or hybrids.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Quality of produce is an important objective in plant breeding, with quality characters varying from crop to crop, such as grain size, color, milling, and baking quality in wheat.</p> Signup and view all the answers