what are desired agronomic characters for fodder and cereal crops
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(i) Tallness and profuse branching are desirable characters for fodder crops.
(ii) Dwarfness is desired in cereals, so that less nutrients are consumed by these crops.
Desired Agronomic Characters:
Desired agronomic characters are the basic plant characters like height, tiller number, maturity period, panicle size etc that are well desired to avail improved quality, high yield, better resistance and adaptations etc that are observed throughout the growth of the plant.
Fodder crops:
Fodder crops grown mainly to feed the livestock should have desirable agronomic characters like tallness of the crop with profuse branching to provide increased leaf growth, and long roots to survive heat and drought conditions.
Cereal crops:
Cereal crops grown to produce grains need to be with shorter height cultivated through dwarfism so that they will require a lesser amount of water and nutrients to grow. The cereal grains also should have desirable qualities like good nutrient content, pale color, good aroma, bulk density etc.