In plant breeding programme, the entire collection (of plants/seeds) having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given…

In plant breeding programme, the entire collection (of plants/seeds) having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called:
A germplasm collection
B selection of superior recombinants
C cross-hybridisation among the selected parents
D evaluation and selection of parents

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The entire collection of plants or seeds having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called germplasm collection.

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