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Agriculture · Q139

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 139

Q139

Vertical resistance is also known as

A.
Major gene and general resistance
B.
Oligogenic resistance
C.
Qualitative resistance
D.
All of the above
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Vertical resistance is also known as Major gene and general resistance, oligogenic resistance and Qualitative resistance.
A plant variety that exhibits a high degree of resistance to a single race, or strain, of a pathogen is said to be vertically resistant; this ability usually is controlled by one or a few plant genes.
If resistance to some races of a pathogen is more than to other races, it is called Vertical resistance. It is also called Perpendicular resistance, Physiological resistance, seedling resistance, hypersensitivity, race-specific resistance, or qualitative resistance.