Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
- Most of our crop plants are
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The polyploidy which occurs within a species & results due to multiplication of the same set of chromosomes is called autopolyploidy.
Correct Option: A
The polyploidy which occurs within a species & results due to multiplication of the same set of chromosomes is called autopolyploidy.
- Which of the following plant cells will show totipotency?
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Xylem vessels and cork cells are dead while sieve tube cells do not possess nuclei.
Correct Option: C
Xylem vessels and cork cells are dead while sieve tube cells do not possess nuclei.
- Which crop variety is not due to induced mutations?
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It was genetically modified to get high lipid contents.
Correct Option: D
It was genetically modified to get high lipid contents.
- Which of the following enhances or induces fusion of protoplasts?
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Polyethylene glycol and sodium nitrate play an important role in the fusion of protoplasts from the same or different species. It is done for the formation of somatic hybrid cells. This process is adopted when normal sexual reproduction is not possible for the production of hybrids
Correct Option: A
Polyethylene glycol and sodium nitrate play an important role in the fusion of protoplasts from the same or different species. It is done for the formation of somatic hybrid cells. This process is adopted when normal sexual reproduction is not possible for the production of hybrids
- A technique of micropropagation is:
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Development of embryo like structure from explant by the method of tissue culture, is called somatic embryogenesis.
Correct Option: A
Development of embryo like structure from explant by the method of tissue culture, is called somatic embryogenesis.