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Agriculture Question Bank
Subject:- Agriculture Economics
Special 30 One Liner Questions
| Questions | Answers |
| Superiority of F1 over any of its parents in any character is called as? | Heterosis |
| A hybrid always? | Heterozygous |
| In cross pollinated species Directional selection leads to? | Heterozygous Balance |
| The bread wheat is? | Hexaploid |
| In plant tissue culture, ‘HEPA’ means? | High Efficiency Particulate Air |
| What is meant by HYV? | High Yielding Varieties |
| Partially homologous chromosomes are called as? | Homeologous |
| Buffering capacity of genotype to environmental fluctuations is called as? | Homeostasis |
| Continuous inbreeding (Selfing) leads? | Homozygosity |
| In self pollinated species Directional selection leads to? | Homozygous balance |
| Conservation of germplasm away from its natural habitat is called as? | Ex-situ Conservation |
| Cross between Sweet William and Carnation is also called as? | Fair Childs mule |
| The term meiosis was coincd by? | Farmer & Moore (1905) |
| The individual with AAXX are? | Females |
| The term mitosis was coined by? | Flemming (1882) |
Agriculture Question Bank
| Questions | Answers |
| Gene for gene hypothesis was given by? | Harold Flor |
| Promoter region can be identified by? | Foot printing |
| IRRI, Philippines established in 1960 by the joint efforts of? | Ford feller foundation |
| Average performance of an inbred in series of crosses with other inbreds is called? | General combining ability |
| Use of genetic factors to make male gamete non-functional is called as? | Genetic emasculation |
| The plant cell is a type of cell? | Eukaryote |
| DIMBOA in leaves in maize confers resistance against? | European corn borer |
| Plant part used for micro-propagation? | Explant |
| The general or basic concept in the development of synthetic varieties is? | Exploitation of hybrid vigour |
| What does ‘GEAC’ means? | Genetic Engineering Approval Committee |
| Gradual loss of variability from cultivated species or wild forms is called as? | Genetic erosion |
| The difference in behavior or activity between the alleles contributing by 2 parents in an individual is? | Genetic imprinting |
| Sum total of harmful, unfavorable genes constitute the of the species.? | Genetic load |
| Loss of a genotype due to its failure to reach an optimum phenotype due to GxE interacation is called as? | Genetic slippage |
| GMO means? | Genetically Modified Organism |
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