Plant Breeding and Genetics MCQs

83 MCQs  — Agriculture MCQs  (Page 5 of 9)

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