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Both genus and community are formed of many species. But the two differ from each other in some basic characters. Species in a genus have a common ancestry. They occur in different geographical regions and often have no functional relation or interaction amo..

Several disease, pest and drought resistant varieties of wheat, tomato, sugarcane have been evolved by this metho..

It is a breeding method, where in two known parents are crossed with the objective of achieving hybrid vigour or heterosis. Parents may belong two varieties of same species or two species of same genus..

Hybridization - It is a breeding method, where in two known parents are crossed with the objective of achieving hybrid vigour or heterosis. Parents may belong two varieties of same species or two species of same genus..

The modern classification is simply an extension of the system of classification proposed by Carolus Linnaeus. Linnaeus introduced four categories namely class, order, genus and species in each of the two kingdoms proposed by him - the plant kingdom and the animal kingdom...

Carl Linnaeus, father of modern botany, was a Swedish naturalist who laid the foundation of modern classification and nomenclature in 1758. He devised a binomial system of nomenclature (naming system) in which an organism is given two names: A generic name (name of genus) which it shares ..

Nomenclature - Carl Linnaeus, father of modern botany, was a Swedish naturalist who laid the foundation of modern classification and nomenclature in 1758. He devised a binomial system of nomenclature (naming system) in which an organism is given two names: A generic name (name of genus) w..

Division: Angiospermae Class: Dicotyledonae Sub Class: Polypetalae Series: Thalamiflorae Order: Parietales This family is commonly called as 'mustard family'. It includes about 300 genus and about 3700 species. The members have a cosmopolitan distribution. There are around 150 h..

It is the system of giving a scientific name to an animal or a plant, an outstanding system contributed by Carolus Linnaeus. According to this system, any given animal or plant is given a scientific name consisting of two words. The first word refers to name of the genus while the second ..

In the description of Angiosperms, family is the most useful taxonomic unit. Ranks higher than family are not of much practical significance and are used mostly in classification systems and academic discussions. The taxonomic category genus also does not get much importance as plan..