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Agriculture · Q746

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 746

Q746

Hybrid is

A.
The progeny of a cross of two disimilar plants
B.
The progeny of a cross of two similar plants
Answer
C.
A homozygous plant
D.
A heterozygous plant

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
A hybrid is the progeny of a cross of two similar plants.
A hybrid is an offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera through sexual reproduction.
The concept of a hybrid is interpreted differently in animal and plant breeding, where there is interest in the individual parentage.