NEET Biology question

A germplasm collection is a [+4/-1]

(A)Collection of specimens of all the species of an area in a herbarium or botanical garden
(B)Collection of modern varieties of a crop
(C)Collection of plants or seeds having diverse alleles of all genes in a cropCorrect
(D)Collection of seeds or pollen of rare and threatened species of a group or area

Answer: (C)

Solution

A germplasm is the sum total of all the genes present in a crop and its related species, ordinarily represented as a collection of various strains and species carrying diverse alleles of all the genes of that

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