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Agriculture · Q208

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 208

Q208

Which one of the following methods of plant breeding is not being used in cross-pollinated crops?

A.
Mass selection
B.
Recurrent selection
Answer
C.
Pedigree selection
D.
Back cross

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Recurrent Selection is one of the following methods of plant breeding that is not being used in cross-pollinated crops.
Recurrent selection means repeated cycles of selection and breeding aimed at the gradual genetic improvement of a few key traits in a single species.
The benefits of breeding are cumulative in that each cycle or generation of improvement builds upon advances made in prior generations.