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The biggest constraint of plant breeding is

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Availability of the desirable gene in the crop and its wild relatives

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Trained manpower

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Infrastructure

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Transfer of genes from unrelated sources

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The correct option is D
Transfer of genes from unrelated sources

There cannot be any transfer of genes from unrelated sources; this is the biggest limitation in plant breeding

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