What is plant breeding ? Describe the breeding of crop plant for disease resistance and high yielding.
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Selection. Selection is the most ancient and basic procedure in plant breeding. ...Hybridization. The most frequently employed plant breeding technique is hybridization. ...Polyploidy. Most plants are diploid. ...Induced mutation.
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Plant breeding refers to the change in the genetic structure of plants to increase their availness.
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Plant breeding is purposely manipulated to get the desired plant with the required characteristics. They increase the crop yield, resistant to pests, improve the quality of crop etc. The purpose of breeding disease resistant and high yielding crops is to prevent them from pathogens and profit the farmers by increasing the production. Diseases like brown rust wheat and red root sugarcane can be prevented. Food quality is also improved, thus problems like malnutrition can be overcomed.
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