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Objectives of plant breeding.
(i) To produce plants of better quality with higher yield
(ii) To produce disease and pest resistant plants.
(iii) To produce new varieties of plants with specific agronomic characters like early maturing, more responsive to manuring, etc.
(iv) For rapid production of somaclones.
(v) To produce nutrient rich biofortified plants.
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