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additives. It depends upon crop rotation, crop residues, animal manures,<br />

legumes, green manures, off-farm organic wastes using mechanical<br />

cultivation, biological pest control (biopesticides) to maintain soil<br />

productivity and to supply plant nutrients and to control insects, weeds<br />

and pests.<br />

Self evaluation<br />

I . Choose and write the correct options.<br />

1. Which pathogen causes the blast disease of rice?<br />

a. Cercospora personata b. Pyricularia oryzae<br />

c. Xanthomonas citri d. Tungro virus<br />

2. What is the collateral host plant of Pyricularia oryzae?<br />

a. Oryza sativa b. Digitaria marginata<br />

c. Arachis hypogea d. Citrus plant<br />

3. Which pathogen causes Tikka disease of groundnut?<br />

a. Cercospora personata b. Pyricularia oryzae<br />

c. Xanthomonas citri d. Tungro virus<br />

II. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.<br />

4. What are mutagens?<br />

5. What is genetic engineering?<br />

6. Define biofertilizer.<br />

7. What is bioinsecticide?<br />

III. Answer the following questions in about 100 words.<br />

8. Explain somatic hybridization.<br />

9. What is disease resistance and disease resistant varieties?<br />

10. Add a note on Plant introduction.<br />

11. Explain polyploid breeding.<br />

12. Give an account of Mycorrhiza.<br />

13. Write the aims of plant breeding.<br />

14. How is genetic engineering employed as a tool in modern crop<br />

improvements?<br />

15. How are crops improved through selection, polyploid breeding<br />

and mutation breeding?<br />

16. Write detailed account on biofertilizers.<br />

17. ‘Sustainable agriculture is an eco-friendly farming system’ -<br />

Discuss.<br />

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