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Objectives of Plant Breeding

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Major Objectives of Plant Breeding Program Plant breeding is an important branch of agricultural science. Its main purpose is to develop new and improved crop varieties. These improved varieties give better yield, better quality, and better resistance against diseases and harmful environmental conditions. A plant breeding program is planned according to the needs of farmers, consumers, industries, and climate. The major objectives of plant breeding are explained below in simple paragraph form. 1. Higher Yield The first and most important objective of plant breeding is to increase crop yield. Food demand is increasing due to rapid population growth, so breeders try to develop varieties that produce more grains, fruits, seeds, or biomass per unit area. High-yielding varieties help farmers earn more profit and improve food security. This is why yield improvement is considered the central objective of every breeding program. 2. Improved Quality Another major objective is to improve t...
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Insecticides: Types

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  Classification of Insecticide: Based on mode of entry A) Stomach poisons : Those insecticides that reach through their food into the target insect's body are considered stomach poisons. These insecticides are sprayed on the plants or dusted, and when the insects eat parts of these plants including leaves, tender stems, seeds, etc., they enter the stomach and kill them. Stomach insecticides are very effective against insect pests having biting and chewing types of mouth parts. Example-  Malathion.   B) Contact poisons:  Such insecticides that enter the insect's body through their cuticles or spiracles. The pest may absorb the poison when walking on the treated ground, flying through a mist or fine droplets, or when the insecticides are directly hit during spraying or dusting. Example- Fenvalerate.   C) Fumigants:  The insecticides that penetrate the insect's body through the spiracles and tracheae in a gaseous state. In closed spaces, they are most effecti...
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Organism and Environment Interactions into The Basic Theory of Community and Evolutionary Ecology

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Organism and Environment Interactions into The Basic  Theory of                                                  Community and Evolutionary Ecology Abstract: Understanding the interactions of an organism and its environment is essential for us to integrate ultimate and proximate causation on a global scale. Organism–environment interaction includes all organisms including animals, plants, and non-eukaryotes, etc. because all of them are responsive to environmental change including those that are human-induced. Implications for climate change in which weather extremes will become more common again suggest a mechanistic approach will be important to understand how organisms may respond. Organism–environment interaction is a fundamental concept that may unify ultimate and proximate causation and point the way for future investigations striving to understand co...
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