Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer Technology (MOET):
It is a program which is done to increase the herd size for animals like, cattle, ship, buffa
Reproductive Health–Problems and Strategies to overcome problems:
A society with people having physically and functionally normal reproductive organs and normal emotional and behavioural interactions among them in all sex-related aspects might be called
Introduction:
Animal husbandry is the management and care of farm animals by humans for profit, in which genetic qualiti
Dairy Farm Management:
It includes management of animals for milk and its products for use. Here, steps are taken to increase the quality and quant
Poultry farm Management:
It includes management of fowls (chicken, duck, geese, etc) for meat and eggs and this is called poultry farm
Artificial Insemination (Al):
It is a method of controlled breeding in which semen from the selected male partner is injected into the reproductive
Bee-keeping (Apiculture):
It includes the maintenance of hives of honeybees for the production of honey.
Bees are ecologically v
Fisheries:
It is a mega industry that includes catching, processing or selling of fishes and other aquatic animals.
Some common fr
Animal Breeding:
A breed is a specific group of domestic animals having similar appearance, size and behavior. It can be done artificiall
Significance of Plant breeding:
It plays many useful roles:
1) Minimize land degradation
2) Increased yield without expending
Meristem Culture:
Health plants can be recovered from diseased plants by this method.
Meristem (apical and ax
Plant Breeding:
Plant breeding is the useful changes in the plant species with desirable characters in order to create plant types that are suitabl
Plant Breeding Program:
This breeding program has a series of events that take place to achieve desired variations in a species:
Green Revolution:
In India, agriculture mainly accounts 33 per cent of India’s GDP and employs nearly 62 per cent of the population
Plant Breeding for Disease Resistance:
Resistance is defined as the genetic ability of a plant to prevent pathogen from causing di
Plant breeding for pest resistance:
Here, plants are developed with resistance to pest and insects.
Some varieties developed for this ty
Plant breeding for improved food quality:
This is done due to following:
Lack of food with high demand and high nutritional value.
Single cell protein:
It is a protein derived from the culture of single-celled organisms, especially used as a food supplement. Microbes like
Tissue culture:
It is a laboratory technique, of regeneration of a whole plant from any part of plant by growing on a culture plate with sterile (
Somatic Hybridization:
The process of fusion of protoplast of somatic cells obtained from different varieties or species of plant on a suitable nut
Fruit formation
The tissue of the ovary wall is stimulated to grow with development of seed. It produces a fruit wall or pericarp. In some cases th
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