Mass pedigree selection method of breeding is particularly, useful for improvement of

Mass pedigree selection method of breeding is particularly, useful for the improvement of Self-pollinated crops.
This method consists of selection among individual plants and their progeny during inbreeding following crosses between selected donor parents. The parents are normally crossed in a single cross system.
The pedigree method describes a selection protocol utilized during the inbreeding of populations of self- and cross-pollinated species in the development of homozygous lines with more developed and improved traits.