Crossing of Sacharum officinarum with related species followed by one or more back crosses is called

A. Mass selection

B. Cane improvement

C. Crossing over

D. Nobilisation

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Crossing of Sacharum officinarum with related species followed by one or more backcrosses is called Nobilisation.
Nobilization refers to the breeding theory of the development and utilization of wild germplasm.
Saccharum spontaneum is the main donor of resistance and adaptive genes in the nobilization breeding process.