WAEC Agricultural Science 1995 Question 27

Question 27

Crop Improvement

When individual crops with desired characteristic mostly favoured by the environment are chosen for breeding this type of breeding is referred to as

  1. A.introduction
  2. B.hybridization
  3. C.line-breeding
  4. D.selection
  5. E.cross-breeding.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: D (selection)

Explanation

Picking the best plants for breeding is selection.