Q.Importing better varieties and plants from outside and acclimatising them to local environment is called

Step 1. The chapter defines plant introduction as bringing a genotype from where it is normally grown into a new place or environment, followed by acclimatization.

Step 2. Cloning refers to vegetative multiplication of an existing genotype, not importing a new one from elsewhere.

Step 3. Heterosis refers to hybrid vigour in an F1 cross, unrelated to importing varieties. …

Match the described activity directly to the chapter's defini …

• Confusing introduction with selection, which works within an existing local population rather than importing new material. …