Question

The germplasm collection refers to the

• A. collection of superior varieties of plants
• B. collection of plants/seeds having all diverse alleles for all genes in a crop
• C. collection of all plant specimens of an area
• D. collection of pollen grains and embryos of species of an area

Answer 1

The correct option is B collection of plants/seeds having all diverse alleles for all genes in a crop

The entire collection (of plants/seeds) having all the diverse alleles for all genes (that is, all the variations) in a given crop is called a germplasm collection. It is required for the selection of parents with desirable combinations of characters for plant breeding.


Hence, option b is correct.