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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Reproduction — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYStrategies for Enhancement in Food Reproduction2 Marks
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What is meant by germplasm collection? What are its benefits?
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The collection of all the diverse alleles of all the genes of a crop plant is called germplasm collection. It is of great benefit in plant breeding programmes as it offers the breeders the entire genes and alleles and the characteristics which they express. The breeder selects the most favourable characters of a particular gene and manipulate its transfer to a desirable parent.

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