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"The desired characters are to be combined from two different plants ."

The above step of plant breeding termed as

Option: 1

Collection of variability


Option: 2

Evaluation and selection of parents


Option: 3

Cross hybridisation among the selected parents.


Option: 4

Selection and testing of superior progeny


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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.

 

 

 

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Divya Prakash Singh

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