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Farmer toon soon wanted to start breeding his plants so that they are resistant to disease while producing more fruit per plant.Which plants should the farmers cross to get the desired (wanted) combination of traits

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cultivated plant variety with its wild type variety.

Step-by-step explanation:

The farmer cross the cultivated plant variety to its wild type which has the characteristics of resistance against diseases. Due to crossing, the offspring produce having resistance against that disease as well as producing high yield. This type of crossing is known as artificial selection in which humans cross two organisms to get the desired characteristics in their offspring so to get a plant with resistance against disease we cross cultivated plant variety to its wild type.

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