Shalisha Mumtaz AGRICULTURE - Plant pathology

The primary purpose of backcrossing in plant breeding is:

A. Creating hybrids with increased heterozygosity. B. Introducing resistance to diseases. C. Fixing desirable traits in a new genetic background. D. None of these.

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Backcrossing is a breeding method used to introduce and stabilize desirable traits in a new genetic background by repeatedly crossing a hybrid with one of its parents.

Shalisha Mumtaz AGRICULTURE - Plant pathology

The hormone responsible for promoting cell elongation and bending in response to light is:

A. Auxin. B. Gibberellin. C. Cytokinin. D. None of these.

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Auxin is a plant hormone that promotes cell elongation and is responsible for phototropism, where plants bend towards light.

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