List of top Agriculture Questions on Genetics & Plant Breeding

Which of the following cabbage variety is resistant to black rot disease?

Development of an embryo or seed without fertilization is called -

Match List-I with List-II.\[\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \text{List-I (Crop)} & \text{List-II (First hybrid variety)} \\ \hline \text{(A) Maize} & \text{(I) CSH-1} \\ \hline \text{(B) Jowar} & \text{(II) H-4} \\ \hline \text{(C) Bajra} & \text{(III) HB-1} \\ \hline \text{(D) Cotton} & \text{(IV) Ganga-1} \\ \hline \end{array}\]Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Amrapali is a cross of:

The number of replications are equal to number of treatments in the -

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Scientist)	List-II (Contribution)
(A) T.H. Morgan	(I) Restriction endonucleases
(B) Kornberg	(II) Recombinant DNA
(C) Nathan and Smith	(III) Sex-linked inheritance
(D) Paul Berg	(IV) DNA polymerase

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Who is the father of tissue culture?

Arrange the following steps of plant breeding in correct sequence:
(A) Selection of superior variants
(B) Creation of variation
(C) Multiplication and distribution
(D) Evaluation of variants
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The term heterosis is coined by _______.

Which of the following statements are correct about the genes?
(A) Genes are located on chromosomes
(B) Split genes are composed of exons only
(C) Genes move from one linkage group to another
(D) Chromosomes with identical arms on which genes are located are known as isochromosomes
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The evidence of particulate nature for the units of inheritance was first presented by _______.