Question

Conservation of flora and fauna in its natural habitat is

• A. In vitro conservation
• B. In situ conservation
• C. Ex situ conservation
• D. In vivo conservation

Answer 1

The correct option is B In situ conservation

In situ conservation

• In situ (on site) conservation is an approach where genetic resources of various plant and animal species are protected in their natural habitat or environment.
• The protection of these species entails the complete protection of the ecosystem in which the species lives. Thus the species and biodiversity at all trophic levels are protected.

Ex situ conservation

• Ex situ (off site) conservation is the approach of conserving species by taking them out from their natural habitats and then keeping them in a special setup under human care.
• Zoological, botanical and wildlife sanctuary parks, In vitro fertilisation, cryopreservation, seed bank and tissue culture belong to this approach of conservation

In vivo conservation
In vivo conservation is the process of maintaining the live population of a species rather than storing its genetic material in frozen form.

In vitro conservation
In vitro conservation in plants is the method of growing and conserving different plant parts in artificial media whereas in animals it is the conservation of germplasm as frozen gametes. For example, seed banks containing seeds of commercially important plants is an example of in vitro conservation.