i. Collection of variability on germplasm collection. All different wild varieties, species and relatives of cultivated species are collected and preserved.
ii. Evaluation and selection of parents to identify plant with desirable combination of character. Pure lines are created.
iii. Cross hybridisation among selected parents to produce hybrids.
iv. Selection and testing of superior recombinants. Selection among the progeny of the hybrids that have desired character combinations, superior to both the parents are self pollinated for several generations.
v. Testing, release and commercialisation of new cultivars. Newly selected lines are evaluated for yield and other agronomic traits of quality or disease resistance in research fields followed by testing the material in farmers fields.
