Question

Write any two merits of plant introduction.

Answer 1

Merits for Plant Introduction Method of Breeding

Merits of Introduction:

It provides entirely new crops.

i) It provides superior variety directly after selection.

ii) It protects the variability from genetic erosion by collecting germplasm.

iii) It is a very quick and economical method of crop improvement.

iv) It provides protection to the crop by introducing into new disease free areas. E .g Coffee and rubber.

Answer 2

1.It provides entirely new crop plant to a place and 2.Superior varities may be originated directly or after selection or hybridisation.