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Plant Breeding. — BIO BOTANY STD 12 — Question

Tamilnadu BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12BIO BOTANYPlant Breeding.2 Marks
Question
Who coined the term “pure line”? Define it.
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Answer

Johannsen in 1903 coined the word pure line. It is a collection of plants obtained as a result of repeated self-pollination from a single homozygous individual.

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