Strategies-For-Enhancement-In-Food-Production Question 587
Question: The new varieties of plants are produced by:
Options:
A) Selection and hybridization
B) Mutation and selection
C) Introduction and mutation
D) Selection and introduction
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
[a] Selection is picking up only those plants for reproduction which have desired qualities.
Hybridisation is crossing of two or more types of plants for bringing their traits together in the progeny.
Introduction is taking a plant or a new variety from 3- area where it grows naturally to a region where it does not occur before.