Plant Breeding Quiz

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What is the primary goal of plant breeding?

  • To produce crop varieties with unique and superior traits (correct)
  • To reduce the ease of processing for harvesting and milling
  • To increase the genetic diversity of plants
  • To solely focus on improving taste and flavor of crops

What determines the qualitative or quantitative traits of a plant?

  • Molecular techniques
  • Chromosomes
  • Genes (correct)
  • Environmental factors

What is the purpose of narrowing down the genetic diversity of a plant variety?

  • To reduce the stress tolerance of the variety
  • To increase the number of biotypes in the variety
  • To create a specific outcome of plants and potentially new plant varieties (correct)
  • To decrease the yield of the plant variety

Who practices plant breeding?

<p>Gardeners, farmers, and professional plant breeders (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the most frequently addressed agricultural traits in plant breeding?

<p>Biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, grain or biomass yield, end-use quality characteristics (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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