Question

DISCUSS THE ROLE OF HYBRIDISATION IN A SIMPLE LANGUAGE

Answer 1

Hybridisation is the intermixing of two different species together creating a new or a hybrid species.The newly formed species attain the characters of the both the intermixed species.

Answer 2

Hybridisation refers to crossing between genetically dissimilar plants.

It may be inter-specific and inter-generic.

This method of hybridisation improves crops with respect to yield, disease resistance, pest resistance etc.

In this technique two crops of desired character are selected & then crossed to obtain a new crop having desired characters of their parental crops.