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Hybridity in Agriculture

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Agrarian; Agribusiness; Agrichemical; Agro-industry; Agronomics; Agronomy; Biotech farming; Breed; Breeding; Cross; Cross-pollination; Engineered crops; Farming; GM; Horticulture; Hybrid; Industrial farming; Nonorganic; Plant; Seed crops

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In a very general sense, hybridcan be understood to be any organism that is the product of two (or more) organisms where each parent belongs to a different kind. For example, the offspring from two or more parent organisms, each belonging to a separate species (or genera), is called a “hybrid.” “Hybridity” refers to the phenomenal character of being a hybrid. And “hybridization” refers to both natural and artificial processes of generating hybrids. These processes include mechanisms of selective crossbreeding and cross-fertilization of parents of different species for the purpose of producing hybrid offspring. In addition to these processes, “hybridization” also refers to natural and artificial processes of whole genome...

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  1. Department of Philosophy and Religion, Missouri Western State University, 4525 Downs Drive, Saint Joseph, MO, 64507, USA

    Catherine Kendig

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  1. Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Paul B. Thompson

  2. Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA

    David M. Kaplan

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Kendig, C. (2014). Hybridity in Agriculture. In: Thompson, P.B., Kaplan, D.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0929-4_421

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