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Agriculture · Q150

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 150

Q150

Global Gene Bank of Sorghum is located at

A.
ICARDA
B.
IBPGR
C.
ICRISAT
Answer
D.
None

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Global Gene Bank of Sorghum is located at ICRISAT.
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is an international organization that conducts agricultural research for rural development, headquartered in Patancheru (Hyderabad, Telangana, India).
The ICRISAT genebank serves as a repository for the collection of germplasm of the six mandate crops - sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, chickpea, pigeon pea, and groundnut; and five small millets - foxtail millet, little millet, Kodo millet, proso millet and barnyard millet.