Which method of crop improvement can be practised by a farmer if he is inexperienced?

Himgiri developed by hybridisation and selection for disease resistance against rust pathogens is a variety of _______.

Which of the following is used to produce products useful to humans by biotechnology techniques?

rDNA is a

A protein rich wheat variety is ________.

Rice normally grows well in alluvial soil, but _________ is a rice variety produced by mutation breeding that grows well in saline soil.

Similar DNA fingerprinting is obtained for __________.

In gene cloning the DNA of interest is integrated in a __________.

Assertion: Colchicine reduces the chromosome number.
Reason: It promotes the movement of sister chromatids to the opposite poles.
Codes:
a) Assertion is correct and reason is wrong
b) Reason is correct and the assertion is wrong
c) Both assertion and reason is correct
d) Both assertion and reason is wrong.

Define genetic engineering.

Name the types of stem cells.

Differentiate between outbreeding and inbreeding.

Discuss the importance of biotechnology in the field of medicine.