Question

Crossing between two different species or varieties of a plant to get plants with improved qualities is called as ____ .

• A. hybridization
• B. Farming
• C. Rearing
• D. Cultivation

Answer 1

The correct option is A hybridization

Hybridization is a process where two plants of different species are crossed with each other to get improved qualities like yield, grain size, grain length, colour, shorter duration of crop, disease resistance etc.

Example: Chandrasankara is a hybrid variety of coconut obtained by crossing Chavakkad orange (dwarf variety) and West coast (tall variety) for early flowering, better copra quality and better oil content.