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Crossing of individual of two different species to produce a hybrid is called

A

intersepcific hybridisation

B

intervarietal hybridisation

C

intergeneric hybridisation

D

intravarietal hybridisation.

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In interspecific hydridisation, a species is mated with a different related species of the same genus. Interspecific hybrids are generally difficult to produce, but they are important in plant breeding, particularly in breeding for disease resistance. This is also called intrageneric hybridisation
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