Q. No.Before releasing new cultivars in plant breeding programs, their testing includes all the following except:
1.
growing these in the research fields and recording their performance under ideal fertiliser application, irrigation, and other crop management practices.
2.
testing the materials in farmers’ fields, for one growing season at selected locations in the country
3.
comparison to the best available local crop cultivar – a check or reference cultivar
4.
taking care of all patent and legal issues
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Identify the option where the Crop [Column I], Variety [Column II], and Resistance to diseases [Column III] are not correctly matched:
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CROP |
VARIETY |
RESISTANCE TO |
|
|
1. |
Wheat |
Himgiri |
Leaf and stripe rust |
|
2. |
Brassica |
Karan rai |
White rust |
|
3. |
Cowpea |
PusaShubhra |
Bacterial blight |
|
4. |
Chilli |
PusaSadabahar |
Mosaic virus |
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Identify incorrectly matched pair:
|
Crop |
Variety |
|
|
1. |
Brassica |
Pusa Swarnim |
|
2. |
Okra |
Pusa Gaurav |
|
3. |
Chilli |
Pusa Sadabahar |
|
4. |
Cauliflower |
Pusa Shubhra |
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The Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, has released several vegetable crops that are rich in vitamins and minerals. Identify the incorrectly matched:
| 1. | vitamin A enriched: carrots, spinach, pumpkin; |
| 2. | vitamin C enriched: bitter gourd, bathua, mustard, tomato; |
| 3. | iron and calcium enriched: spinach and bathua; |
| 4. | Omega fatty acids enriched: beans - broad, lablab, French and garden peas. |
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The plantlets produced during plant tissue culture are called somaclones because:
| 1. | They can be produced in a very short span of time |
| 2. | They are the result of the somatic hybridization of two cells |
| 3. | The gametes develop parthenogenetically to produce genetically identical plantlets |
| 4. | They are genetically identical to the original plant from which they were grown |
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Consider the following statements regarding bird flu:
I. Viruses causing bird flu belong to Influenza virus A strain
II. The most pathogenic strain of this virus causing bird flu is H1N1
III. Culling and vaccinating livestock is a short term strategy to prevent flu pandemic.
IV. A human vaccine is available to control the spread of disease in human populations.
Of the above statements, the correct are:
1. I and III only
2. II and IV only
3. I, III and IV only
4. I, II, III and IV
Hisardale is a new breed of:
| 1. | Sheep developed by crossing Bikaneri ewes and Marino rams. |
| 2. | Sheep developed by crossing Bikaneri rams and Marino ewes. |
| 3. | Goat developed by crossing Bikaneri ewes and Marino rams. |
| 4. | Goat developed by crossing Bikaneri rams and Marino ewes. |
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Which of the following is not correctly matched?
| 1. | Green revolution - A significant increase in agricultural productivity resulting from the introduction of high-yield varieties of grains, the use of pesticides, and improved management techniques. |
| 2. | White revolution – Also called as Operation Flood, it refers to a significant increase in milk production which made India the largest milk producer in the world. |
| 3. | Blue revolution - Management of water resources that can steer humanity to achieve drinking water and crop irrigation security. |
| 4. | Pisciculture - The farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, shellfish, and even plants. |
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Arrange the following steps of a plant breeding program in a correct chronological manner:
| I. | Selection and testing of superior recombinants |
| II. | Collection of variability |
| III. | Cross hybridisation among the selected parents |
| IV. | Evaluation and selection of parents |
| V. | Testing, release, and commercialisation of new cultivars |
| 1. | II, IV, I, III, V | 2. | IV, I, II, III, V |
| 3. | II, IV, III, I, V | 4. | IV, III, II, I, V |
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The main reason for the success of the green revolution was:
1. Improvement in the efficiency of chemical pesticides
2. Improvement in irrigation facilities
3. Equitable distribution of land among farmers
4. Development of HYV varieties
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