CROP VARIETY IMPROVEMENT

• Farmers desire high yields and good quality of grains from the farming.
• High yields and good quality of grains can be obtained if the plants and the process of farming is good.
• The qualities of good plants are:-
• Higher yield:- The plant having more produce more grains.
• Improved quality:- The grains of plants have good quality.
• example:- Baking quality of wheat, protein quality of pulses, oil quality of oil seed, preserving quality of fruits and vegetables.
• Abiotic resistance :-The plant have ability to sustain in any condition such as drought, water logging, heat cold .
• Biotic resistance :- The plant have ability to fight from diseases , protect itself from insects and nematods.
• Short maturity duration:- Plants having short maturity periods helps in double and multiple cropping. That means a single land is used 2-3 times in a year for different crops.
• Wider adaptability:- If the crops have wider adaptability then it can grow in any environmental condition and in any area.
• Desire agronomic traits:- Some plants have high yield if it is tall and some plants have high yields if it is dwarf.
• example:-fodder crops are good when it is tall and cereals are good if it is dwarf.