Plant Breeding Flashcards
Mutant varieties of wheat and mode of mutation.
Japanese variety used.
Varieties in India
Sharbati sonora and puse lerma through Gamma radiation from sonora-64 and lerma rojo
Norin-10
Kalyan sona and Sonalika
Varieties of rice and gene in phillipines.
Varieties in India
IR-8 IR-24 from dee-geo-woo-gen gene in Taiwan
IR-36: resistant from grassy-stunt virus
Indian varieties: Jaya and Ratna
Disease resistant variety of wheat.
Leaf and stipe rust and Hill bunt
Himgiri
Disease resistant variety of brassica.
White rust
Pusa swarnim (Karan rai)
Disease resistant variety of cauliflower.
Black rot and curl, Black blight rot
Pusa shubhra and Pusa snowball K1
Disease resistant variety of cowpea.
Bacterial blight
Pusa komal
Disease resistant variety of chilli.
Chilly mosaic virus, tobacco mosaic virus and leaf curl
Pusa sadabahar
Disease resistant variety of bhindi.
Yellow mosaic virus
Abelmoschus esculentus to Prabhani kranti
How are cotton, wheat and maize resistant to pests?
Cotton
Jassids - hairy leaves
Bollworms - nectar-less and smooth leaves
Wheat
Cereal leaf beetle - hairy leaves
Stem sawfly - solid stem
Maize
Maize stem borers - high aspartic acid and low N + sugar content
Pest resistant variety of brassica.
Aphids
Pusa gaurav
Pest resistant variety of Flat bean.
Aphids, jassids and fruit borers
Pusa sem-2 and pusa sem-3
Pest resistant variety of bhindi.
Shoot and fruit borer
Pusa sawani and pusa A-4
Hormones used for shoot and root regeneration
Shoot - cytokinin - BAP (benzylaminopurine)
Root - auxin - NAA (Napthalene Acetic Acid)
First one to grow isolated leaf cells by plant tissue culture.
Haberlandt
First ones to use anther culture in India. What plant was used?
Datura inoxia by Guha and Maheshwari
