What are the various steps that a Botanist will undertake to release a new variety of plant??

Hello james,

Following are the steps:

Collection of variability – Genetic variability is the root of any breeding programme. Preservation and collection of various wild varieties of species and variants of the cultivated species is a primary source for productive exploitation of natural genes in a population. It has a germplasm collection.

Selection and Evaluation of parents – The germplasm is assessed to identify plants with desirable traits. The selected plants thus obtained are multiplied and utilized in the process of hybridization. Wherever possible, pure lines are created.

Cross-hybridization: Desired characters from selected parents are often combined from two different parents. It is a time consuming and a tedious process as pollen grains from the desired male plant have to collect and placed on the stigma of the selected female plants.

Selection and Testing of Superior recombinants: Selecting plants having desired trait combination among progeny. It is crucial for the breeding objective and requires a scientific examination of the progeny. It yields plants that are superior to their parents, which are self-pollinated until they reach a state of uniformity so as to not segregate characters in the progeny.

Testing, commercialization and release of new cultivators

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