What is $Triticum$ $aestivum$?

The various methods of crop improvement are:
$I$. Selection
$II$. Hybridization
$III$. Polyploidy
$IV$. Mutation breeding
$V$. Genetic engineering
Choose the correct option.

The hybrids are generally found to be superior to their parents; this is because of:

Name the improved characteristics of wheat that helped India to achieve the Green Revolution.

In plant breeding programmes,the entire collection (of plants/seeds) having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called:

You are a botanist working in plant breeding. Describe the various steps that you will undertake to release a new variety.