Q. In plant breeding programmes, the entire collection (of plants/seeds) having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called
A) selection of superior recombinants
B) cross-hybridisation among the selected parents
C) evaluation and selection of parents
D) germplasm collection
Explanation
[Solution from source] The entire collection of plants or seeds carrying all the diverse alleles of all genes of a crop is called germplasm collection, the first step of plant breeding. Selection of parents and cross-hybridisation are later steps that use this collection. Answer (4).
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