Write a brief note on artificial pollination

Artificial pollination is a technique of pollinating plants manually under controlled conditions. It is used in cross hybridisation to produce hybrids of desired traits. In this technique, pollen grains from the dehisced anthers of the desired male plant are shed on the stigma of female flowers. After, the successful fertilization of male and female gametes, hybrid seeds are obtained. Hybrid seeds obtained are grown as seedlings under controlled conditions.