What are hybrid seeds and plants?

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Hybrids are created by artificial pollination to develop new varieties.
The seeds obtained by artificial pollination (cross pollination) are called hybrid seeds.
The plants obtained from these seeds are called hybrid plants.
These plants are developed to obtain desired qualities like high yield, disease resistance etc.

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