Martial Arts For Plants

Question 1

What is the problem with mono cropping?

Answer 1

It provides ideal conditions for pathogens and insect herbivores to multiply and spread

Question 2

How do you produce a resistant plant cultivar?

Answer 2

1. You obtain a source of genetic resistance
   2.You get hold of a means of identifying and selecting the resistance
   3.you find a way to introduce the resistance into a plant to produce a new cultivar that is comercially acceptable

Question 3

What are homozygous individuals?

Answer 3

They possess two identical alleles at a particular locus in the chromosome