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Agriculture · Q71

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 71

Q71

Pure line selection is mainly done for

A.
Clonally propagated crops
B.
Cross-pollinated crops
C.
Self-pollinated crops
Answer
D.
Vegetative propagated crops

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Pure line selection is mainly done for Self-pollinated crops.
Pure-line selection involves selecting and breeding progeny from superior organisms for several generations until a pure line of organisms with only the desired characteristics has been established.
Basically, a pure line refers to a progeny of a single, homozygous, and self-pollinated plant.