Shankar wants to grow disease resistant variety of a plant in an area. Which of the following method will help him to do so ?

self pollination

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cross pollination

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vegetative propagation

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artificial selection

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Solution

The correct option is D
artificial selection

Artificial selection would help Shankar to grow disease resistant plants by selecting the desired parental types and pollinating them manually.

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Which of the following may be used to obtain an $F_{2}$ generation ?

(a) allowing flowers on a parent plant to be self -pollinated

(b) allowing flowers on an $F_{1}$ plant to be self -pollinated

(d) cross-pollinating two parent plants

Shankar wants to grow disease resistant variety of a plant in an area. Which of the following method will help him to do so ?

Q. Mark these statements as true or false.
Correct and rewrite the false statements.
(a) In self pollination only one parent is involved.
(b) Cross pollination takes place between flowers of different types.
(c) Algae, mosses and ferns reproduce by producing seeds.
(d) In grafting, stock is grafted on scion.
(e) Tissue culture is one of the methods of artificial vegetative propagation.
(f) Spriogyra reproduces by fragmentation.
(g) Regeneration is more common in animals.
(h) Cross pollination results in greater variety in plants.
(i) Dispersal of seeds is necessary for better survival of plants.
(j) Asexual reproduction involves two parents.

Why dont we propagate plants using artificial and vegetative methods in horticulture? It will save money to buy seeds, we do not have to wait as plants already tall enough and they help us to produce new varieties so we can make new hybrid varieties.

Q. Which of the following may be used to obtain an F₂ generation?
(a) allowing flowers on a parent plant to be self-pollinated
(b) allowing flowers on an F₁ plant to be self-pollinated
(c) cross-pollinating an F₁ plant with a parent plant
(d) cross-pollinating two parent plants

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Shankar wants to grow disease resistant variety of a plant in an area. Which of the following method will help him to do so ?

The correct option is D artificial selection Artificial selection would help Shankar to grow disease resistant plants by selecting the desired parental types and pollinating them manually.

The correct option is D
artificial selection

Artificial selection would help Shankar to grow disease resistant plants by selecting the desired parental types and pollinating them manually.