The process of somatic fusion is also known as protoplast Fusion, is a kind of genetic modification of plants in which two plant species are merged into a hybrid plant that has the traits of both species the species, an somatic hybrid. Hybrids are created among different species that are of the exact same species (e.g. between non-flowering potato plant species and flowers-producing potato plant) and between distinct species (e.g. among wheat Triticum as well as Rye Secale to make Triticale).