Plant Breeding
Plant Breeding is a Science & Technology concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2013, 2017). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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औद्योगिक देशांत पूर्वी चांगल्या प्रजातींची पैदास करणारे शेतकरी आजकाल करत नाहीत कारण : In industrial countries the farmers who earlier did plant breeding are no more resorting to it because :
(a)शासकीय शास्त्रज्ञ आता ते स्वतः करीत आहेत / Govt. scientists want to take it upon themselves.
(b)खाजगी कंपन्या हे काम आपल्या लाभासाठी करत आहेत. / Private companies undertake plant breeding for their interests
(c)शेतकरी दुसऱ्या कामात व्यग्र आहेत. / The farmers are busy otherwise.
(d)शेतकऱ्यांना आपली जमीन दुसऱ्या कामासाठी वापरायची आहे. / The farmers want to put their land to other use.
In industrialized nations, traditional on-farm plant breeding has declined because government scientists, private seed corporations, busy schedules, and land-use diversification have all collectively shifted the landscape.
शुद्ध जातीच्या वाण म्हणजे Pure line breed refers to
A pure line refers to a population of individuals that are genetically identical and homozygous, produced through continuous self-pollination.