Assertion (A): | Plants produced through micropropagation are called somaclones. |
Reason (R): | Each of the plant of somaclones morphologically identical but genetically non-identical to parent plant. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are false. |
Assertion (A): | Atlas-66 is a biofortified crop. |
Reason (R): | Wheat variety Atlas-66 has low protein content.- |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are false. |
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(i) | Root of any breeding programme | (a) | Cross hybridization among selected parents |
(ii) | Time consuming and tedious process | (b) | Collection of variability |
(iii) | Crucial to the success of breeding objective | (c) | Selection and testing of superior recombinants |
(i) | (ii) | (iii) | |
1. | a | b | c |
2. | c | b | a |
3. | b | c | a |
4. | b | a | c |
1. | Candida | – | Fungus |
2. | Fusarium | – | Bacteria |
3. | Mushroom | – | Fungi |
4. | Spirulina | – | Blue green alga |
1. | Making the turnip plant hairy |
2. | Growing the apical meristem from turnip plant in in-vitro condition |
3. | Cross hybridizing the turnip plant with healthy one in in-vitro condition |
4. | Making the turnip plant smooth leaved |
1. | Mutation breeding |
2. | Conventional Breeding |
3. | Mutation and conventional breeding respectively |
4. | Conventional breeding and mutation breeding respectively |
a. | Be easily grown on starch rich materials |
b. | Serve as food rich in proteins, fats, carbohydrates and vitamins |
c. | Be used to generate SCP and eventually reducing environmental pollution |