Question

Suggest four important steps to produce a disease resistant plant through conventional plant breeding technology. [2]

Answer 1

Important steps to produce a disease resistant plant through conventional plant breeding technology are : [0.5 mark for each point]

(i) Collection of variability and screening of germplasm.

(ii) Hybridisation among the selected parents.

(iii) Selection and evaluation of hybrids.

(iv) Testing and release of new hybrids.