What you'll learn

• Aims of crop improvement
• -to increase Yield,
• -Improve quality of produce, etc.
• Method of crop improvement
• -proper timing of planting;
• -adoption of better cultivation methods;etc.
• Mendel’s law of inheritance
• a) Definition of some genetic terms
• -characters or traits, chromosomes, genes, etc.
• b) Mendel’s 1st law of segregation of genes
• c) Mendel’s 2nd law of independents assortment of genes ( give examples).
• Advantages and Disadvantages of crop Improvement.