"The desired characters are to be combined from two different plants ."
The above step of plant breeding termed as
Collection of variability
Evaluation and selection of parents
Cross hybridisation among the selected parents.
Selection and testing of superior progeny
As we learnt ,
main steps in plant breeding -
Cross hybridisation among the selected parents
- wherein
The desired characters are to be combined from two different plants (parents), for example high protein quality of one parent may need to be combined with disease resistance from another parent. This is possible by cross hybridising the two parents to produce hybrids that genetically combine the desired characters in one plant.