Question

Describe selection and selfing of superior recombinants.

Answer 1

The progeny observed for the desirable combination of characters. Such plants are selected and carefully observed and scientifically evaluated for the success of breeding objective. The plants which are superior to both the parents and exhibit hybrid vigour are collected. Such plants are self pollinated for few successive generations to get homozygosity. Due to this plant attains a state of uniformity and characters do not segregate in the progeny.