BBYET143 EM 2023 JAN TO DEC SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: BBYET-143
Assignment Code: BBYET-143/TMA/2023
Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Attempt all questions. The marks for each question are indicated against it.
1. Define the following terms:
i) Genetic bottleneck
ii) Synthetic medium
iii) Probe
iv) Genetically modified organism (GMO)
v) Organogenesis
(2×5=10)
2. Differentiate between the following:
i) Top down and bottom up genetic basis of domestication.
ii) Rhizogenesis and Caulogenesis
iii) Spice and condiment
iv) Genomic and cDNA library
v) Direct and Indirect embryogenesis
(3×5=15)
3. a) Define totipotency. Describe any two application of plant tissue
culture.
b) What is a protoplast? Describe the technique of somatic
hybridization with the help of a diagram.
(5)
(5)
4. Write sort note on the following:
i) Colony hybridisation
ii) Domestication syndrome
iii) Wood distillation
(3×5=15)
5. Describe the origin, taxonomy and distribution of wheat and rice. (10)
6. What is genetic engineering? Describe the technique of Agrobacteriummediated transformation with the help of a diagram.
(2+8=10)
7. Enlist the major fibre yielding plants. Describe the morphology, cultivation
and uses of any two of them.
(2+8=10)
4
8. Write the botanical name of the following plants:
i) Soybean
ii) Cotton
iii) Coconut
iv) Cowpea
v) Sunhemp
vi) Jute
vii) Pigeon Pea
viii) Flax
ix) Gram
x) Pea
(1×10=10)
9. What is germplasm? Explain the two approaches followed for the
germplasm conservation