Plant Breeding and Genetics – MCQs

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1.What term describes the process when pollination and fertilization take place within a flower bud that has not yet opened?

2.Who originally introduced the term 'mitosis'?

3.What is the genetic consequence of allogamy?

4.Who introduced the concept of the system of mating?

5.What is the term for a region or location that exhibits the highest variation in crop plant species?

6.What is the term for germplasm that is gathered from within the nation's borders?

7.What components are included in the gene pool?

8.What is the term for preserving germplasm in its natural environment?

9.Where is the global gene bank for potatoes situated?

10.For long-term preservation, germplasm can be maintained for up to how many years?

11.Where is the global gene bank for rice primarily conserved?

12.Approximately how many germplasm gene banks for various crop plants exist worldwide?

13.Who is credited with introducing the concept of disruptive innovation?

14.Where is the headquarters of ICARDA situated?

15.In which crop did Shull and East (1908) introduce the overdominance hypothesis to explain heterosis?

16.Compared to which of the following cereals does barley have a higher protein content?

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