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A collection of plants and seeds having diverse alleles of all the genes of a crop is called
A
Genome
B
Herbarium
C
Germplasm
D
Gene library
Detailed Solution
The first step of any plant breeding programme is the collection of variability.
The entire collection of plants or seeds having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called the germplasm collection.
A genome is the total genetic material in one haploid set of chromosomes of an organism.
A herbarium is a store of dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens on sheets.
A gene library is a collection of cloned DNA fragments of an organism kept in vectors.
Hence the collection is called germplasm.
The entire collection of plants or seeds having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called the germplasm collection.
A genome is the total genetic material in one haploid set of chromosomes of an organism.
A herbarium is a store of dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens on sheets.
A gene library is a collection of cloned DNA fragments of an organism kept in vectors.
Hence the collection is called germplasm.