List of top Horticulture Questions on Genetics & Plant Breeding

Name of the self-incompatible cultivar of apricot, which requires a pollinizer for commercial cultivation.

Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \hline \text{(A). Autogamy} & \text{(I). Oxalis} \\ \hline \text{(B). Cliestogamy} & \text{(II). Garden pea} \\ \hline \text{(C). Dichogamy} & \text{(III). Date palm} \\ \hline \text{(D). Allogamy} & \text{(IV). Avocado} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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Arrange the following steps involved in hybridization of rose flower crop in correct orders?
(A) Emasculation of flowers of female parents.
(B) Pollination
(C) Harvesting and storing of F\(_1\) seeds
(D) Bagging and tagging
(E) Choice and evaluation of pollen and female parents.
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Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): Heat tolerant tropical cauliflowers show significantly high level of self-incompatibility.
Statement (II):The European annual or snowball types are basically self-compatible in nature.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Arrange the following steps of mass selection method of flower crop improvement in correct sequence?
(A) Selection of plants with similar but desirable traits from variable population.
(B) Planting of composite seeds in preliminary yield trials and evaluation of phenotype of selected population.
(C) Evaluation of promising selections in coordinated yield trials at multi-locations.
(D) Compositing of seeds from selected plants.
(E) Seed multiplication of outstanding selection for distribution.
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Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): Kashi Bhairav is a F1 hybrid of Brinjal.
Statement (II): Shitla Jyoti is a F1 hybrid of watermelon.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Which of the following rose cultivars were developed through induced mutation?
(A) Abhisarika
(B) Pusa Alpana
(C) Madhosh
(D) Rose Sherbet
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