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  • Backcrossing can introduce desired agronomic traits
    backcross

    Grading usually refers to the mating of average, or “grade,” females to a superior male and then backcrossing the female offspring to the same or a similar sire. In plants, backcrossing is used to introduce desirable traits—such as disease and pest resistance, salt and drought…

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    Grading usually refers to the mating of average, or “grade,” females to a superior male and then backcrossing the female offspring to the same or a similar sire. In plants, backcrossing is used to introduce desirable traits—such as disease and pest resistance, salt and drought…

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