Agriculture Mcqs » Plant Breeding and Genetics
The term homeostasis was coined by_____________________?

A. Lemer (1954)
B. Jinks (1968)
C. Warner (1952)
D. Freeman (1971)

Analysis of covanance permits estimation of_____________________?

A. Environmental covanance
B. Phenotypic covanance
C. Genotypic convanance
D. All the above

Specific combining ability is primarily a function of___________________?

A. Dominance variance
B. Additive x dominance epistasis
C. Dominance x dominance epistasis
D. All the above

Ratio of additive variance to phenotypic variance is called___________________?

A. Heritability (broad sense)
B. Heritability (narrow sense)
C. Co-heritability
D. Genetic gain

In line x tester cross each male is crossed with____________________?

A. Different sets of females
B. Few females in a set
C. Same sets of females
D. All the above

Various crosses made using a common tester are__________________?

A. Top crosses
B. Biparental cross
C. Double cross
D. Test cross

Low magnitude of genotype x environmental interaction indicates__________________?

A. High buffering capacity
B. Stability
C. Low buffering capacity
D. Adaptability

Split gene was first reported in___________________?

A. Drosoplulla
B. Pea
C. Cluckens
D. All the above

In lucern, toxic substance is found in_____________________?

A. Saponin
B. Coumarin
C. Neurotoxin
D. All the above