Question

What does the variety improvement of crops aim at?

Answer 1

Improvement of the crop:

1. It is the process of genetically altering plants to meet human demands.
2. From the hundreds of thousands of species available in prehistory, our forefathers brought a few hundred into agriculture in various parts of the world.

The variety Improvement of crops aims for the following parameters :

1. Develop high-yielding cultivars to boost crop productivity per acre.
2. As people's lifestyles change, there is a greater need for higher quality.
3. Quality considerations differ per crops, such as baking quality in wheat, protein quality in pulses, oil quality in oil crops, and fruit and vegetable preservation quality.
4. Crop yields are reduced in various scenarios due to biotic and abiotic stressors.
5. Crop varieties resistant to these challenges are needed to boost crop yields.
6. The variety becomes more cost-effective as the crop matures faster, from sowing to harvesting.