In plant breeding programmes, the entire collection (of plants/seeds) having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called :
- germplasm collection
- evaluation and selection of parents
- selection of superior recombinants
- cross-hybridisation among the selected parents
Answer
(1) germplasm collection
Solution
As per NCERT, collection of variability is the first step of plant breeding; the entire collection (of plants/seeds) having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called germplasm collection.
Answer: (1)