Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production

Arrange the following steps of somatic hybridisation in a correct sequence.
A. Digestion of cell walls.
B. Isolation of naked protoplasts.
C. Fusion of protoplasts to get hybrid protoplast.
D. Isolation of single cells from two different va...

Select the incorrect statement with respect to
Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer (MOET)
Technology.

Which one of the following is NOT an advantage of inbreeding?

Select the incorrect statement with respect to inbreeding of animals.

Which of the following can be expected if scientists succeed in introducing apomictic gene into hybrid varieties of crops?

Breeding crops with higher levels of vitamins and minerals or higher proteins and healthier fats is called:

Which of the following is not a step in Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer Technology (MOET)?

Which of the following is not an objective of Biofortification of crops?

Mutations in plant cells can be induced by :

By which method was a new breed ‘Hisardale’
of sheep formed by using Bikaneri ewes and
Marino rams?

Which of the following is true for Golden rice?

Select the incorrect statement.

Artificial selection to obtain cows yielding higher milk output represents :

Homozygous purelines in cattle can be obtained by :

A true breeding plant is -

Among the following edible fishes, which one is a marine fish having rich source of omeg-3 fatty acids ?

Interspecific hybridisation is the mating of

A system of rotating crops with legume or grass pasture to improve soil structure and fertility is called -

Which of the following enhances or induces fusion of protoplasts ?

A technique of micropropagation is

Outbreeding is an important strategy of
animal husbandry because it :

A protoplast is a cell -

In vitro clonal propagation in plants is characterized by :

The viability of seeds is tested by :

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

Green revolution in India occurred during -

'Himgiri' developed by hybridisation and
selection for disease resistance against rust
pathogens is a variety of :

A collection of plants and seeds having diverse
alleles of all the genes of a crop is called :

"Jaya" and "Ratna" developed for green
revolution in India are the varieties of :

Consider the following four measures (1-4) that
could be taken to successfully grow chickpea in
an area where bacterial blight disease is
common:
(i) Spray with Bordeaux mixture
(ii) Control of the insect vector of the disease
pathogen
...

Which one of the following is linked to the
discovery of Bordeaux mixture as a popular
fungicide ?

Compared to a bull a bullok is docile because of:-

In maize, hybrid vigour is exploited by:-

Which one of the following is a viral disease of
poultry ?

In cloning of cattle a fertilized egg is taken out
of the mother's womb and:-

In order to obtain virus-free plants through tissue
culture the best method is-

In Maize, hybrid vigour is exploited by-

Triticale, the first man-made cereal crop, has
been obtained by crossing wheat with

Crop plants grown in monoculture are-

Three crops that contribute maximum to global
food grain production are -

The name of Norman Borlaug is associated with-

Which of the following is generally used for
induced mutagenesis in crop plants ?

The technique of obtaining large number of plantlets by tissue culture method is called –

India's wheat yield revolution in the 1960s was
possible primarily due to :-

Before the European invader which vegetable
was absent in India ?

Which fish selectively feed on larva of
mosquito ?

Triticale is obtained by crossing wheat with

Which statement is correct ?

Coconut milk is used in tissue culture in which
present :