The crucial step of plant breeding is
Collection of variability
Evaluation of parents
Selection and testing of superior recombinants
Cross hybridisation
As we learnt ,
main steps in plant breeding -
Selection and testing of superior recombinants
- wherein
This step consists of selecting those plants that have the desired character combination. The selection process is crucial to the success of the breeding objective and requires careful scientific evaluation of the progeny. This step yields plants that are superior to both of the parents. These are self-pollinated for several generations till they reach a state of uniformity (homozygosity), so that the characters will not segregate in the progeny.