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Agriculture · Q618

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 618

Q618

In India for hybrid seed production inmaizewe use

A.
Genetic male sterility
B.
Cytoplasmic genetic male sterility
Answer
C.
Self-incompatibility
D.
De-tasseling

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
In India, for hybrid seed production in maize, we use Cytoplasmic genetic male sterility.
The cytoplasmic-genetic male sterility is used commercially to produce hybrid seed in maize, bajra and jowar.
A triple cross may be produced by crossing a single cross with fertility restoring inbred so that all the plants in the triple cross would be male fertile.