Plant Breeding Quiz

The oldest method in plant breeding is:

• Hybridization

• Selection

• Mutation breeding

• Genetic engineering

Who discovered sex in plants?

• Mendel

• Camerarius 1694

• Darwin

• Morgan

The source of dwarfing gene in wheat is:

• Norin-10

• Norin-20

• Sonora-64

• Kalyansona

The term 'Genetics' was coined by:

• Walther Fleming

• W. Bateson 1905

• T. H. Morgan

• Hugo de Vries

Chromosomes were discovered by:

• Watson

• Crick

• Walther Fleming1882

• Camerarius

DNA was discovered by:

• Watson and Crick

• Mendel

• Darwin

• Bateson

Which part of chromosome is permanently condensed?

• Euchromatin

• Heterochromatin

• Centrosome

• Nucleosome

Which chromosomes carry identical alleles?

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

• Homologous

• Homeologous

Chromosome with centromere in the middle is:

• Acrocentric

• Telocentric

• Metacentric

• Sub-metacentric

DNA is:

• Single-stranded

• Double-stranded

• Triple-stranded

• None