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Agriculture · Q342

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 342

Q342

If 'n' is no. of Inbred line then total no. of double cross is

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Answer
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Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
If 'n' is no. of the Inbred line then total no. of the double cross is
The double cross was the basic technique used in developing modern hybrids and has been used by commercial firms since. Jones's invention was to use four inbred lines instead of two in crossing.
In the poly cross, selected inbreds are allowed to intermate by open pollination with a random sample of pollen from a number of selected lines.