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

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYStrategies for Enhancement in Food Reproduction3 Marks
Question
  1. What is mutation breeding?
  2. Why is mutation breeding necessary?
  3. Give an example of disease-resistance developed in plant by this method.
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Answer

  1. Mutation breeding is the process of inducing mutations artificially (using chemicals or gamma radiations) and selecting the plants that show.
  2. Mutation breeding is necessary because of the availability of a limited number of diseaseresistance genes in the cultivated crops and their wild relatives
  3. Resistance to powdery mildew and yellow mosaic virus have been developed in mung bean.

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