Backcross

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The process of breeding a crossbred variety with one of its parents in order to reinforce the traits from that parent, with the end goal of isolating as much of the parental genes as possible.

🔊 bak·kross


In the Wild — Example

I am growing a Sour Diesel backcross to try and find something like the old one.

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