Discuss the role of hybridisation in crop improvement

Q- Discuss the role of hybridization in crop improvement?

Answer- Hybridisation is the process of crossing of two plants differing from each other genotypically in one or more traits.

In this breed it is possible to combine all the characters in a single variety. Its main objectives are:

1. The main objective of hybridization is to increase and generate the genetic variations through recombination.

2. To produce a single variety having combination of good characters.

3. To exploit and utilize variety having combination of good characters.

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