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Aims of plant breeding are to produce...

Aims of plant breeding are to produce

A

Disease-free varieties

B

High yielding varieties

C

Early maturing varieties

D

All of the above

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The aims of plant breeding are increase in yield of seeds, resistance to diseases, insects, pests and earliness or lateness in maturity period or change in maturity behaviour.
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