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Agriculture · Q901

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 901

Q901

The occurrence of genetic impurity is more in

A.
Cross pollinated crop
Answer
B.
Self pollinated crop
C.
Often cros pollinated crop
D.
All of the above

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The occurrence of genetic impurity is more in Cross pollinated crops.
Genetic impurity is defined as impurities that have been demonstrated to cause deleterious changes in the genetic material regardless of the mechanism.
As cross-pollinated crop involves the transfer of pollen grains from the anther of one plant to the stigma of another plant, and it leads to a lot of genetic diversity as well as a genetic impurity.