Suggest four important steps to produce a disease resistant plant through conventional plant breeding technology.

Steps for producing disease resistant plants : 

(i) Screening of germplasm (for resistance sources) 

(ii) Hybridization of selected parents 

(iii) Selection and evaluation of hybrids 

(iv) Testing and release of new varieties.

For producing disease resistant plants are 

(i) Screening of germplasm (for resistance source) 

(ii) Hybridization of selected parents 

(iii) Selection and evaluation of hybrids 

(iv) Testing and release oi new varieties

Detailed Answer: 

The important steps involved in conventional plant breeding technology are : 

(a) Selection of parent plants with desired combination of characters. 

(b) Cross hybridisation among the selected parents. 

(c) Selection of superior hybrids. 

(d) Testing, release and commercialisation of new cultivars.

Steps for producing disease resistant plants are:

i. Screening of germplasm (for resistance sources)

ii. Hybridisation of selected parents

iii. Selection and evaluation of hybrids

iv. Testing and release of new varieties.