She said the wildlife trust would explore how genetics could be used to pinpoint hybrid plants.

Various species hybridize easily between them, and hybrid plants are difficult to identify.

Some of these hybrid plants are known to grow up to six feet high, with a longer blooming period.

Hybrid plants generated from phylogenetically distant species can often give rise to new species if the hybrids become reproductively isolated from the progenitor populations.

It encouraged the development of hybrid plants, chemical controls, large-scale irrigation, and heavy mechanization in agriculture around the world.