Question

What are the two desirable characteristics of crop plants?

Answer 1

Two fundamental approaches are adopted to get the desirable characteristics in a single variety. These are:

Hybridization or plant breedingGenetic engineering

Hybridization

Hybridization is the process in which two genetically dissimilar individuals (varieties) are purposely crossed to get a hybrid variety. In this way, characteristics from both the parent varieties can be obtained in the hybrid variety. This process is also known as plant breeding. Hybridization can be:
Inter-specific, i.e., between two different species of a plantInter-generic, i.e., between two generaInter-varietal, i.e., between different plant varieties

Genetic engineering
Genetic engineering is the process in which the gene for a particular character is introduced inside the chromosome of a plant cell (or individual). The introduction of this gene in the individual leads to the production of a transgenic plant.Such a transgenic plant exhibits the character of the newly introduced gene.

Answer 2

Answer:

Farmers grow plants in their fields , when plants of the same kind are gown in a field on a large scale they are called crop plants .

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