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Agriculture · Q568

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 568

Q568

The method in which morphologically similar plants are selected and their seeds are bulked after harvesting the method is

A.
Pureline selection
B.
Bulk selection
C.
Recurrent selection
D.
Mass selection
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
The method in which morphologically similar plants are selected and their seeds are bulked after harvesting the method is Mass selection.
This method of selection depends mainly on the selection of plants according to their phenotype and performance.
The seed from selected plants is bulked for the next generation. This method is used to improve the overall population by positive or negative mass selection.