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In which crops is the method of mass sel...

In which crops is the method of mass selection applied

A

Cross-pollinated

B

Self-pollinated

C

Both self and cross-pollinated

D

Potato and sugarcane

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A
Mass selection refers to methods of crop improvement in which individual plants are selected on the basis of phenotype from a mixed population, their seeds are bulked and used to grow next generation. Applicable to both self and cross pollinated species but limited to self pollinated because they are pure and homozygous.
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