*Plant Breeding Most Important One Liner Questions*
1. Theory of evolution was given by : Charles Darwin
2. The term "Heterosis" coined by : Shull 1914
3. Purpose of Emasculation is to prevent: Self-pollination
4. Production of microspores takes place in : Pollen
5. Protandry condition found in : Maize
6. Protogyny condition found in : Bajra
7. Inbreeding of a cross pollinated species leads to increase in : Homozygosity
8. The male flower of maize plant is known as : Tassel
9. Raphano brassica is a : Inter-generic Hybrid
10. Soma-clonal variation is : Non-heritable
11. Cross-pollinated crops are highly : Homozygous
12.Octaploid Triticale is a cross between: Hexaploid Wheat X Tetraploid Rye
13. Double cross hybrid in Maize was first proposed by : D.F. Jones
14.‘Law of homologous series of variation’ was given by: N. I. Vavilov
15. When F1 is crossed with one of its parents, it is called : Back Cross
16. When F1 is crossed with its recessive parent, it is called : Test Cross
17. The primitive cultivars which are selected and cultivated by the farmer for many generations called: Land races
18. Phenotype of an individual influenced by: Both genotype & Environment
19. Self-pollination pollination is the most intense form of : Inbreeding
20. Scientific name of Johannsen’s research crop: Phaseolus vulgaris (Rajma/ French bean)
21. In cotton which type of emasculation mostly followed: Thumb and nail method
22. Which type of male sterility system recently developed in cotton: CGMS
23. Full name of CIMMYT: Centro International de Mezoramiento de Maize Y Trigo (International centre for Wheat and Maize Improvement)
24. Coventionally, visual selection is the basis of selection in method: Mass selection
25. Triticale is a cross between: Triticum aestivum X Secale cerial
26. H4 variety of cotton developed from: GAU, Surat station
27. Varalaxmi variety of Cotton developed from: UAS, Dharwad
28. CIMMYT mainly conduct research on : Wheat and Maize crop.
29. Effect of pollen grain on the maternal tissue called: Metaxenia
30. Effect of pollen grain on the seed coat and chalaza is called : Xenia
31. For resistance breeding the better parent is crossed with : Wild relatives parent
32. Pedigree method is designated for : Transgressive breeding.
33. Sex in plants discovered by: Camerarious (1964)
34. Artificial pollination of Date palm done first time by : Babylonians and Assyrians (700BC)
35. Family of Alfalfa: Fabaceae
36. For selfing in Maize which part is bagged: Both of male and female parts
37. Examples of two genetic emasculation techniques: CMS & GMS
38. First cotton hybrid developed in the world in the year: 1970
39. Bulbosum technique generally used for Haploid plant production in Barley crop
40. Ability of a genotype to survive in mixture generally referred to as: Competitive ability or fitness
41. SSD method is most suitable if the character is less heritable.
42. Pedigree method is best suitable if the character is highly heritable.
43. For the development of synthetic variety, the suitable crop is : Maize
44. NILs full form: Near Isogenic Lines
45. RILs full form: Recombinant Inbred Lines
46. "R" lines refers to : Male fertile, fertility restorer line
47. Pure Line theory was given by : Johanson (1903)
48. Double haploid technique used to obtain Homozygous lines
49. Self incompatibility promotes : Allogamy
50. System of classification proposed by : Carolus Linnaeus
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