Plant breeding is synonymous to

Components in plant being changed during crop improvement  a.  b. both a & b c. both a & b d.

Which of the statements below is not true about plant breeding?

Superiority of the F1 over the two parents

Which is not true about plant breeding as a business?

Reason why there‟s a need to improve crops except.

Major goals of crop improvement except

Hereditary unit that is transmitted from one generation to the next.

Chemical basis of heredity.

Threadlike structure of DNA coiled around a protein core found in the nucleus. 

It is an art and science of raising useful plants and livestocks under the management of man.

The race of people regarded as the first agriculturists are:

The center of origin of rice (Oryza sativa L.) is:

The seasonal pattern of a particular place occurring from year to year is called:

Which of the following is/are not part(s) of the pistil?

The transfer of pollen grains from the anther of the stamen to the stigma of the pistil is known as:

In the seed embryogenesis, the zygote which gives rise to the embryo is formed by the fusion of  the:

The science that deals with the identification and classification of plants is:

It is considered as the basic fundamental unit of life:

In a tetrazolium test, viable seeds will stain:

Psophocarpustetragonolobus L. is the scientific name of:

The Grass family is the same as 

I. Graminae  

II. Poaceae  

III. Monocotyledonae.

Crops with any of the following characteristics are direct seeded.

A meteorological phenomenon that develops in the Pacific, mostly off Peru. It is  characterized   by  weather  disturbances  or  unexpected climatic changes such as absence  of  rain during  the rainy season.

Any organism belonging  to  the kingdom  plantae,  typically lacking of active locomotion and has photosynthetic activity:

The study of the internal structure of plants is called:

A woody plant with a relatively short main stem which  gives  rise  to

many branches:

The seed covering derived from the integuments of the ovule: 

The ability  of  the  seed  to germinate  if  conditions  favorable  for germination are provided:

The inability of the  seed  to  readily  germinate  even  if conditions favorable for germination  are provided:

Leguminouscrops planted then plowed to incorporate with the soil

 at blooming stage two weeks before planting the main crop: 

It is the process of preparing  the  soil  for planting,  thereby  providing good  physical,  chemical  and biological conditions  that  would  permit optimum plant growth.

Which of the following are not elements of weather:  

TheWorld Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), which was formed  by the United Nations in 1983,  is better known as  the Brundtland Commission.  In April 1987, it issued its report entitled:

Which is not under the family Leguminoceae?

Properly dried  seeds can be stored for a longerduration with  high  germination using  this  container: 

A system of cropping in which as many crops are grown as possible on the same land within  a year:  

Method of  raising  rice  seedlings  where  pre-germinated  seeds  are  sown on  cement  or puddled  soil  covered  with  banana  leaves or polyethylene  sheet.  The    raised   seedlings   are   ready  for   trans- planting in 10-14 days.

The process by which seeds with  inhibitory substances are subjected to  cold temperature  treatment  prior  to germination  to  trigger  the process of flowering later is called: 

The temperature  at  which a biological process will take place at the fastest rate is the:

The final product of glycolysis

The most active pigments involved in photosynthesis

A factor wherein population, neighborhood, and peace and order  are considered in site selection for crop production.

Just like poinsettia, croton and rubber tree, cassava belongs to the family

The response of plant to the length of light period,  usually in  terms  of  flowering is referred to as

Plants that require long darkness to flower are

Some  fruits developed  without  pollination and  fertilization.   Such  phenomenon, which  produced seedless fruits is called

This phytohormone is also referred to as a ripening hormone.

If you sow 200 seeds and 158 germinated, the germination percentage is:

Selection indices in banana include the following except