Enhancement in Food Production

The process of RNA interference has been used in the development of plants resistant to

Which part would be most suitable for raising virus-free plants for micropropagation?

Which one of the following proved effective for biological control of nematodal disease in plants?

Jaya and Ratna developed for green revolution in India are the varieties of

Which one of the following is being utilized as a source of biodiesel in the Indian country side?

A nitrogen-fixing microbe associated with Azolla in rice fields is :

Which one of the following pairs is mismatched?

An organism used as a biofertilizer for raising soyabean crops is

A common biocontrol agent for the control of plant diseases is

Microbe used for biocontrol of pest butterfly caterpillars is

Which one of the following is a viral disease of poultry ?

Which one of the following is not used in organic farming?

Which of the following is not used as a biopesticide?

Maximum nutritional diversity is found in the group

Compared to a bull a bullock is docile because of

The common nitrogen fixer in paddy fields is

Green revolution in India occurred during

Which one of the following pairs of organisms are exotic species introduced in India ?

Consider the following four measures (A-D) that could be taken to successfully grow chickpea in an area where bacteri blight disease is common
A)Spray with Bordeaux mixture
B)Control of the insect vector of the disease pathogen
C)Use of only disease-free seeds
D)Use of varieties resistant to the disease. Which two of the above measures can control the disease?

In plant breeding programmes, the entire collection (of plants/seeds) having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called :

Tissue culture technique can produce infinite number of new plants from a small parental tissue. The economic importance of the technique is in raising

Read the following four statements
(A)Colostrum is recommended for the new born because it is rich in antigens
(B)Chikungunya is caused by a Gram negative bacterium
(C)Tissue culture has proved useful in obtaining virus-free plants
(D) Beer is manufactured by distillation of fermented grape juice.
How many of the above statements are wrong?

Consider the following four statements and select the option which includes all the correct ones only.
(1) Single cell Spirulina can produce large quantities of food rich in protein, minerals, vitamins etc.
(2) Body weight-wise the micro-organism Methylophilus methylotrophus may be able to produce several times more proteins than the cows per day.
(3) Common button mushrooms are a very rich source of vitamin C.
(4) A rice variety has been developed which is very rich in calcium.

An improved variety of transgenic basmati rice

In maize, hybrid vigour is exploited by

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

Which one of the following help in absorption of phosphorus from soil by plants?

Which of the following species of honey bee is reared in artificial hives?

Which of the following is a pair of biofertilizer?

Which of the following is a man made cereal

Which of the following is a drought breed of Indian cattle?

Which of the following is a disease resistant, high yielding breed of poultry developed in karnataka?

Which of the following insecticide is obtained from the roots of Derris elliptica?

Which of the following fish was introduced in India by foreigners?

Which is not a biofertilizer ?

Totipotency of plants was discovered by

Third generation pesticide is

The use of honey bee is

The thurioside is a proteinaceous toxin, which is obtained from

The term heterosis was first coined by

The quickest method of plant breeding is

The process of micropropagation is the formation of new plants from

The larva of Bombyx mori is known as

Somatic hybridization is a technique of

Somaclonal variations are the variations

Silkworm silk is the product of

Reproducing new plants by cells instead of seeds is known as

Quarantine regulation are concerned with

Pullorum disease of poultry is caused by

Protein present in silk fibre is

Pollen Basket is

Pesticides are generally

Most potential organism for the production of insecticide is

MOET is a method of

Kurfi Pukhraj is a hybrid clone of

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is located in

Insecticides usually act upon

In tissue culture, addition of which of the following substance promotes the growth of buds?

In India, the spread of Opuntia was controlled by

In honey, the main constituent is

In high yielding hybrid crop varieties, to exploit hybrid vigour, the farmers need to purchase fresh hybrid seed every year, because

In crop improvement programmes, virus free clones can be obtained through

Honey is

Heterosis is also called

Gumboro disease is caused by