BIOMETRICAL METHODS IN PLANT BREEDING (Question Paper )

 

  

Section A: Long Answer Questions

1. Discuss the importance of quantitative inheritance in plant breeding.
2. Define multiple correlation and describe its significance in plant breeding.
3. Describe the significance of path analysis in plant breeding.
4. What is diallel cross? Describe the two approaches of diallel cross analysis.

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Section B: Short Notes

Write short notes on the following:

1. Transgressive segregants
2. Heritable correlation and its causes
3. Discriminant function
4. Combining ability