Neurospora - an ascomycetes fungus has been used as a biological tool to understand the mechanism of plant genetics much in the same way as Drosophila has been used to study animal genetics. What makes Neurospora so important as a genetic tool?

Question based on paragraph Students were taken to observe the crop cultivation in a potato farm in Maharashtra. The students observed that the yield of crops in Mr. Shyam's potato farm was more than that in his neighbour Bharat’s potato farm. Mr. Shyam was using a different variety of the crop, which he suggests has been disease-free ever since he planted the seeds. Based on the above passage, answer the given question What type of crop do you think Mr. Shyam must be using?

Read the paragraph and answer the questions given below : Locomotion is considered as an important characteristics of the animals. However, animals belonging to Porifera are said to be sedentary. Every other phylum has typical locomotory organs. E.g. Nereis crawls with the help of parapodia, whereas earthworm buries in soil by setae. Spiders have four pairs of walking legs, crab has five while all insects have three pairs of walking legs. The walking legs are also called appendages. Starfish moves with the help of tube feet. Snails and bivalves use muscular foot for locomotion. Birds flying with their spread out wings and fish swimming with their fins, both have spindle-shaped body tapering at both the ends. While flying or swimming such body offers least resistance during locomotion. Mammals have two pairs of limbs while animals like snakes are limbless. Other animals belonging to the class of snakes also have very weak limbs.which make them creep on the ground. Answer the question: What are the locomotory organs in phylum Annelida?

Question based on paragraph Students were taken to observe the crop cultivation in a potato farm in Maharashtra. The students observed that the yield of crops in Mr. Shyam's potato farm was more than that in his neighbour Bharat’s potato farm. Mr. Shyam was using a different variety of the crop, which he suggests has been disease-free ever since he planted the seeds. Based on the above passage, answer the given question Apart from improved yield what added advantage did Mr. Shyam’s crops have?