Crop Production and Management
Crop Production and Management
Questions
What do you call the technique of selecting plants with superior phenotype for further propagation?
- Mass selection
- Pure line selection
- Acclimatisation
- Cloning
Which of the following is/are used to induce polyploidy in plants?
- Colchicine
- Irradiation
- Mutagenic chemicals
- Ethylene
Which of the following techniques is used to develop the Flavr Savr variety of tomato?
- Hybridisation between old varieties
- Hybridisation between a modern and a wild variety
- Mutation
- Incorporation of a transgene
Which of the following tools would a farmer use to remove weeds from a field?
- Hoe
- Plough
- Axe
- Cultivator
What is the name given to the process of mating between two individuals differing in genotypes (to provide genetic variation)?
- Mutation
- Hybridisation
- Insemination
- Polyploidy
Which of the following techniques is employed to produce haploids of Datura?
- Callus culture
- Anther culture
- Embryo culture
- Protoplast culture
What do we call the process of growing wheat and gram simultaneously on the same piece of land in no fixed pattern?
- Crop rotation
- Intracropping
- Intercropping
- Mixed cropping
What is the cultivation of fruits and vegetables called?
- Floriculture
- Sericulture
- Horticulture
- Agriculture
Which of the following is a common weedicide?
- DDT
- Agent orange
- Metachlor
- Siniazine