hybridization

Producing offspring from parents of different stock.

Notes for hybridization

Hybridization is used extensively in agriculture, where new forms of hardy and disease-resistant plants are produced commercially.

He showed a knowledge of the possibilities of hybridization of American species with Vitis vinifera.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. Hedrick
Yet he suggests, and was probably the first to do so, the possibility of hybridization between American and the European species.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. Hedrick
Mr. Reed: We haven't devoted a great deal of attention to the hybridization of nuts in our Department work.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers Association
He investigated the effects of heterogeneous hybridization also in fishes, which are a much more favourable object.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques Loeb
The writer tried whether this hybridization could not be accomplished provided the constitution of the sea water were changed.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques Loeb

Browse