Name any one method of incorporating desirable characters into a crop variety.
(N/A) One common method for incorporating desirable characters into a crop variety is $Hybridisation$. This process involves crossing two genetically dissimilar plants to combine their beneficial traits into a single offspring. Another modern method is $Gene$ $manipulation$ (or $Genetic$ $engineering$),which involves the direct transfer of specific genes from one organism to another to introduce desired traits.
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