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University of Madras - Test Papers of Bachelor of Science (BSc) Botany - Model Question Paper - Botany - Paper VIII - Plant Breeding and Evolution

Model Question Paper - Botany - Paper VIII - PLANT BREEDING AND EVOLUTION
Time 3 Hrs. Maximum 100 Marks

Draw Diagrams wherever necessary
Section - A (10 x 3 = 30 marks)

Answer any 10 question each answer should not exceed 50 words:

1. Acclimatization
2. Purelines
3. Mutagenic agents
4. Lamarck
5. Emasculation
6. Use and disuse theory
7. IARI
8. M.S. Swaminathan
9. Back cross
10. Pedigree method
11. Theory of special creation
12. Neo darwinism

Section - B (5 x 6 = 30 Marks)

Answer any 5 Questions:

All questions carry equal marks each answer should not exceed 200 words:

13. Write a note on clonal selection

14. Enlist the advantages and disadvantages in mutation breeding

15. Treat crop improvement methods in Ground nut plant

16. Write the contribution of DeVries towards the concept of evolution

17. Differentiate Darwinism from modern synthetic concept of evolution

18. What are the procedures involved in introducing a new crop?

19. How would you apply heterosis towards crop improvement?

Section - C (4 x 10 = 40 Marks)

Answer any 4 Questions:

All questions carry equal marks Each answer should not exceed 500 words:

20. Write an essay on plant breeding in India

21. Describe the intergeneric and interspecific hybridzation

22. Summarise the various selection methods as basis of plant breeding

23. Elaborate the theories related to origin of life

24. Explain the role of polyploid in plant breeding

25. How would you account breeding for crop improvement in Paddy and Sugarcane?

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