Question

1. A plant biotechnology company who wants to produce disease-resistant cereal plants disease resistant has employed you. The company has limited resources for extensive research and development strategies and is interested in immediate products. The company is willing to leave the decision of choosing the right breeding technology to you. a) What would be the breeding technology you would choose and why? (look at the last part of the breeding lecture slides) b) Would you consider vegetative propagation as an approach and if so how would you design a strategy? c) Will you choose cereal crops of different species to cross in your experiments or from same species? If either, why? d) If the company allows you, would you rather choose a non-cereal to cross with a cereal species? If yes, what would be a good example and why? If no, why?

Answer 1

Answer :- (d) I would not choose a non cereal to cross with a cereal species. Reasons:- Firstly, it would be difficult to do - a successful cross between these two. Secondly, it can affect the yielding capacity of the cereal crop and can change the change opositions of cereal.