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Breeding of crops with high levels of minerals, vitamins and proteins is called-
Breeding of crops with high levels of minerals, vitamins and proteins is called-
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The correct option is C Biofortification
Breeding of crops with higher levels of vitamins and minerals or higher protein and healthier fats is called biofortification. Biofortification is the technique of breeding crops to increase their nutritional value.
This can be done either through conventional selective breeding or through genetic engineering. It differs from ordinary fortification because it focuses on making plant foods more nutritious as the plants are growing, rather than having nutrients added to the foods when they are being processed.
The process of fusing the protoplast of two cells of desirable plants to obtain a hybrid protoplast is known as somatic hybridization.
Biomagnification refers to increase in concentration of the toxicant at successive trophic levels. This happens because a toxic substance accumulated by an organism cannot be metabolised or excreted, and is thus passed on to the next higher trophic level.
Micropropagation is the method of large production of plantlets in a less time. In this method, a small piece of plant tissue (explant) is cultured in a sterile medium which later develops into new plantlets. The offsprings produced by this methods are the exact copy of their parent plant.
The correct answer is "Biofortification"
Breeding of crops with higher levels of vitamins and minerals or higher protein and healthier fats is called biofortification. Biofortification is the technique of breeding crops to increase their nutritional value.
This can be done either through conventional selective breeding or through genetic engineering. It differs from ordinary fortification because it focuses on making plant foods more nutritious as the plants are growing, rather than having nutrients added to the foods when they are being processed.
The process of fusing the protoplast of two cells of desirable plants to obtain a hybrid protoplast is known as somatic hybridization.
Biomagnification refers to increase in concentration of the toxicant at successive trophic levels. This happens because a toxic substance accumulated by an organism cannot be metabolised or excreted, and is thus passed on to the next higher trophic level.
Micropropagation is the method of large production of plantlets in a less time. In this method, a small piece of plant tissue (explant) is cultured in a sterile medium which later develops into new plantlets. The offsprings produced by this methods are the exact copy of their parent plant.
The correct answer is "Biofortification"
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