Identify true or false statements
(i) Conventional plant breeding is in practice from `9,000-11,000` years ago.
(ii) Recombinant progeny is self -pollinated for several generations till they reach a state of heterozygosity
(iii) During the period 1960 to 2000 wheat production increased from 35 million tonnes to 89.5 million tonnes.

Answer

(i) True
(ii) False, homozygosity
(iii) False, 11 million tonnes to 75 million tonnes