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Agriculture · Q739

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 739

Q739

The term recurrent selection was coined by

A.
Robinson
B.
East (1908)
C.
Shull (1908)
D.
Hull (1945)
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
The term recurrent selection was coined by Hull (1945).
It was HULL who first used the term “recurrent selection” in 1945. He proposed a breeding method that was termed "recurrent selection for specific combining ability."
Recurrent selection means repeated cycles of selection and breeding aimed at the gradual genetic improvement of a few key traits in a single species.