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It is extremely important to test a new plant variety in a systematic way during different plant breeding programmes in a geographically vast country like India. Justify.

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Before the generation of new plants through the plant breeding programmes, they need to be evaluated for their yield and other agronomic traits of quality, disease resistance etc.
This testing is done on the farmer’s field itself for atleast three growing seasons, at different locations in the country representing all the agroclimatic zones, where the crop is usually grown. The material is then evaluated in comparison to the best available local crop cultivar known as a check or a reference cultivar.


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