STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCEMENT IN FOOD PRODUCTION

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Across
  1. 3. The entire collection of plants / seeds having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called ‘Germplasm collection’.
  2. 8. Which two species of sugarcane were crossed for better yield
  3. 9. Torula yeast
  4. 10. Plants produced through micropropagation are genetically identical to the original or source plant
  5. 11. Any part of a plant taken out and grown in a test tube under sterile conditions in special nutrient medium to generate a whole plant
  6. 12. Give two examples of wheat varieties introduced in India, which are high yielding and disease resistant
Down
  1. 1. It is a chronic lack of vitamins and minerals that often has no visible warming signs.It leads to mental impairment, poor health and productivity or even death
  2. 2. Baker’s yeast
  3. 4. Which part of the plant is suited for making virus free plants and why free plants and why
  4. 5. Name two semi-dwarf varieties of rice developed in India
  5. 6. Production of large number of plants in a very short time and limited space by utilizing the property of totipotency.
  6. 7. This is the ability of plant cell to devide, drow and produce the complete plant under controlled conditions.