General Procedure for Hybrid Production or Hybridization
Hybrid production or involves following main steps (i.e. steps in crossing).
- Choice of parents
- Evaluation or testing of parents
- Protection of male parent
- Emasculation
- Bagging
- Tagging
- Pollination and bagging, tagging
- Aftercare
- Harvesting
Parents used and method followed varies according to Types of Hybridization.