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Standard XII
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Give 3 advantages of mutation breeding.
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Dear Student,
Advantages of mutation breeding are as follows:
Disease resistance of the crop can be improved
The F1 hybrid obtained from inter varietal cross are treated with mutagens to cause mutation and it increases variability
It can be used to remove an undesirable trait of crop variety.
It is a simple method and is cheap method of generating new varieties.
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