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The biggest constraint of plant breeding is:

The availability of desirable gene is very difficult because first the desirable and profitable genes are not found and if they are found then they are linked with undesirable gene whose extraction becomes very difficult.


Infrastructure and trained manpower is very common and can be found easily with money.


Many new technologies are developed through which the transfer of genes is possible.


Hence, (a) is the correct option.

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Given below are a few statements regarding somatic hybridization. Choose the correct statements.

(i) protoplasts of different cells of the same plant are fused


(ii) protoplasts from cells of different species can be fused


(iii) treatment of cells with cellulase and pectinase is mandatory


(iv) the hybrid protoplast contains characters of only one parental protoplast.


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