NEET2007ZoologyStrategies for Enhancement in Food ProductionActual
In maize, hybrid vigour is exploited by:
Options
- Acrossing of two inbred parental lines
- Bharvesting seeds from the most productive plants
- Cinducing mutations
- Dbombarding the seeds with DNA.
Correct answer
A. crossing of two inbred parental lines
Step-by-step solution
Hybrid vigour or heterosis is exploited by crossing of two inbred parental lines. The very objective of getting homozygous inbred parental lines is so that a perfect heterozygous can be formed.