Question

11 A technique which develops new varieties of crops through cross-breeding?
a. Animal husbandry b. Hybridization C. Weeding d. Threshing ​

Answer 1

Answer: Hybridisation can be defined as a technique to develop new varieties of crops by cross-breeding two different parental varieties.

Kharif crops: Rabi crops

Examples: rice, maize: Examples: wheat, pea

Answer 2

Answer:

Another technique is the deliberate interbreeding (crossing) of closely or distantly related individuals to produce new crop varieties or lines with desirable properties. Plants are crossbred to introduce traits/genes from one variety or line into a new genetic background.