Which of the following step is the backbone of plant breeding programme?
Cross hybridisation
Germplasm collection
Selection of superior hybrids
Selection of parents
As we learnt ,
main steps in plant breeding -
Collection of variability
- wherein
Genetic variability is the root of any breeding programme. Collection and preservation of all the different wild varieties, species and relatives of the cultivated species (followed by their evaluation for their characteristics) is a pre-requisite for effective exploitation of natural genes available in the populations.