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NEET 2013
Exam
NEET
Year
2013
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production

NEET 2013 · Zoology · Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production

In plant breeding programmes, the entire collection (of...

In plant breeding programmes, the entire collection (of plants/seeds) having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called

Options

  1. Aselection of superior recombinants
  2. Bcross-hybridisation among the selected parents
  3. Cevaluation and selection of parents
  4. Dgermplasm collection

Correct answer

D. germplasm collection

Step-by-step solution

It is called germplasm collection or the collection of variability. Selection of superior recombinants means selection of the best plant from the whole lot by visual examination and collecting their seeds for growing in field. Cross hybridisation is the method of combining. The characters of different plants together. The selection and evolution are the main steps of hybridisation.
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