plant breeding: back crossing

[Stephen M Jankalski]

Back crossing is the crossing of the one of the offspring with one of its
parents.

Thomas Finlay <tomrfin at crpud.net> wrote in article
<3814AE0B.4BA701F4 at crpud.net>...
> Hello. Can anyone direct to information on the effects of back crossing
> (if I understand this correctly, crossing the seed grown offspring of a
> plant with pollen from one of its "children.").
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Tom Finlay
> Deer Island, Oregon
>