Question

For many generations, farmers in North America have been producing corn seeds for the following year's crop by cross breeding plants which produced large ears of corn in the current crop.

What is this technique called?
A.
asexual budding
B.
artificial selection
C.
mitosis
D.
natural selection

Answer 1

B.

artificial selection

Step-by-step explanation:

Artificial selection is often utilized in crop and animal farming to obtain favorable traits in organisms. Organisms with desirable traits are selected and crossed with each other. Since the selection is done by humans and not by natural processes, it is called artificial selection.

In the given case, the farmers select corn plants with large ears. The selected plants are crossed with each other so that the next generation has the maximum chances of producing large ears. Hence, artificial selection is used here.