A method of selection useful for self-pollinatd plants is

Assertion: Mass selection is useful in self-pollinated plants. Reason: Self-pollinated plants are homozygous which retain the selected traits in the progeny.

Which one of the following methods of selection is mainly useful for cross pollinated crops ?

Two methods of selection in plants are

The method most useful for improving potato plant is

Assertion: Mass selection is advantageous in self-pollinated plants. Reason: Self-pollinated plants retain the selected traits in the progeny as they are homozygous.

Blue-white reaction is used as a method of selection of recombinants using the following substrate:

Blue-white reaction is used as a method of selection of recombinants using the following substrate:

Assertion. A pure-line is the progeny of a large number of heterozygous self pollinated plants. Reason. In this method, a large number of plants with desired characters are selected from a genetically mixed population.