Question

Define plant introduction and acclimatization.

Answer 1

Plant introduction and acclimatization is the easiest and quickest method of crop improvement Plant introduction is defined as the process of introducing plants from their growing locality to a new locality. In this process, plants are transferred from their original habitat to a place having different climate. Acclimatization is the adaptation or adjustment of an individual plant or a population of plants under the changed climate for successive generations. The acclimatization is a type of natural selection operating into the introduced plant material.