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Who first used artificial hybridisation in fruit crops?

Correct answer D. Knight (1800)

Explanation

The English horticulturist Thomas Andrew Knight made deliberate crosses in apples, pears and other fruits around 1800, pioneering artificial hybridisation in fruit breeding.

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