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The seeds which are produced by cross-pollinating plants are known as___.

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Cross pollinated seed

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Hybrid seed

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Soil-mud seed

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Mixed variety seed

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Solution

The correct option is B Hybrid seed
In agriculture and gardening, hybrid seeds are those seeds which are produced by cross-pollinating plants.
Hybrids are chosen to improve the characteristics of the resulting plants such as better yield, greater uniformity, improved colour, disease resistance etc.

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