Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

How can plants be made resistant to disease?

Correct answer D. Breeding with the wild variety

Explanation

Wild relatives often carry resistance genes lost in cultivated crops. Crossing with them and backcrossing transfers these genes into improved varieties.

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