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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Reproduction — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYStrategies for Enhancement in Food Reproduction2 Marks
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Discuss the two main limitations of plant hybridization programme.
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Answer

  • Plant hybridization programme is often constrained by the availability of limited number of disease resistance genes that are present in various crop varieties or wild relatives.
  • Several wild relatives of different cultivated species of plants have been shown to have certain resistant character but have very low yield.

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