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Discuss the role of hydridisation in crop improvement.

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Hybridization may be intra-varietal, inter-varietal, inter-specific and intergeneric - Two crops with desired characters are crossed to obtain a new crop having desired traits of parental crops. It helps in increasing the yield, disease resistance, pest resistance etc.
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