Suggest four important steps to produce a disease resistant plant through conventional plant breeding technology.
(a) Why are the plants raised through micro propagation are termed as some clones?
(b) Mention two advantages of this technique.

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7.
The four important steps to produce a disease resistant plant through conventional plant breeding technology are:
1. Selection and screening of germplasm for disease resistance
2. Hybridisation of selected plant
3. Selection and evaluation of hybrids
4. Testing and release of new varieties

a. 
All the plants obtained by micropropagation are called somaclones since they are genetically identical to each other as well as the parent plant.

b.

1. Propagation is achieved for a large number of plants in a short duration. 
2. This method can be used to recover a healthy plant from a diseased plant.

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