Crop Production and Management
Test your knowledge of crop production techniques, plant breeding methods, farm equipment, and agricultural management practices.
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