Question

Discuss the role of hybridisation in crop improvement within answer

Answer 1

$\bold{Hybridization}$ and self-pollination are important aspects of research for the genetic improvement of cropplants. Hybridization is used to de- velop new genotypes, evaluate their performance, or exploit hybrid vigor. ... The remaining chapters provide detailed information on the procedures used for specificcrops.

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.