Question

In plant breeding programmes, the entire collection of plants/seeds having all the diverse alleles of all genes in a given crop is called

• A. D) Evaluation and selection of parents
• B. Germplasm collection
• C. Selection of superior recombinants
  
• D. Cross hybridisation among the selected parents
  

Answer 1

The correct option is B Germplasm collection

Plant breeding
Plant breeding is a field of Biology where changing the traits of plants are done to produce desired characteristics in the progeny.

Germplasm collection

• Germplasm collection is a collection of the varieties of all available alleles of all genes present in a crop plant species.
• It is the first step of any plant breeding programme and helps to provide the breeders a wide array of different traits to exploit for the production of crop varieties with desirable combination of characteristics.

Final answer
a. Germplasm collection.