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List out some useful traits in improved crop?

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The traits of an improved crop are mentioned below:

1. Higher yield: The improved crops provide a higher yield per acre.

2 . Improved quality: The crop quality of produce holds a significant use. Every crop based on its quality is utilised in our everyday meal. Improved crops can provide better quality of the produce. Examples of improved quality crops are wheat with high baking quality, high quality of oil in oilseeds,and high quality of protein in pulses.

3 . Biotic and abiotic resistance: Improved crops are more resistant to biotic stresses such as insects, diseases, and nematodes. They also hold a higher resistance towards abiotic stresses such as water logging, salinity, and drought.

4 . Change in maturity duration: Improved crops have a shorter duration of maturity i.e., the duration in which a particular crop is grown and harvested. In case of improved crops this duration is short which turns out to be economical for the farmers and provides them with the opportunity to grow more crops each year.

5. Wider adaptability: Improved crops are highly adaptable to different environmental conditions such as climate, soil, groundwater and surface water. It allows the farmer to grow a wide variety of crops during different seasons and conditions throughout the year.

6. Desirable agronomic characteristics: Improved crops provide appropriate desired conditions such as tallness and dwarfness of crops required for higher productivity. Examples of such desired characteristics are tallness for fodder crops like Berseem, dwarfness for cereals (so they consume less nutrients). 

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