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Agriculture · Q410

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 410

Q410

A condition in which F1 plants of an interspecific cross are vigorous and fertile but their F2 progeny is weak and sterile is called

A.
Hybrid sterility
B.
Hybrid inviability
C.
Hybrid breakdown
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
A condition in which F1 plants of an interspecific cross are vigorous and fertile but their F2 progeny is weak and sterile is called Hybrid breakdown.
The hybrid breakdown is a type of reproductive failure that appears after the F2 generation of crosses between different species or subspecies. It is caused by incompatibility between interacting genes.