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Discuss the importance of testing new plant varieties in a geographically vast country like India.
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Importance of testing of new plant varieties in India:
- India is a geographically vast country, so it has different climatic and soil conditions in different geographical areas.
- Therefore a plant variety that can be successfully cultivated in one location may not be suitable for another.
- For e.g., Saccharum officinarum, a tropical cane with high yield and sugar content that is grown in South India does not grow well in North India due to very low temperature during winter season in North India.
A new plant variety is tested for various traits that can help to adapt the plant in different environmental conditions and produce high yield. New plant variety is texted for:
- Nutritional quality
- Quantity of yield
- Pest resistance
- Disease resistant
- Stress or drought resistance
- India is a geographically vast country, so it has different climatic and soil conditions in different geographical areas.
- Therefore a plant variety that can be successfully cultivated in one location may not be suitable for another.
- For e.g., Saccharum officinarum, a tropical cane with high yield and sugar content that is grown in South India does not grow well in North India due to very low temperature during winter season in North India.
- Nutritional quality
- Quantity of yield
- Pest resistance
- Disease resistant
- Stress or drought resistance
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