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Agriculture · Q493

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 493

Q493

In India, gene bank of wheat is located at

A.
Ludhiana
B.
Kanpur
C.
IARI, New Delhi
D.
None of these
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
In India, the gene bank of wheat is located at Karnal, Haryana.
Gene banks are a type of biorepository that preserves genetic material. For plants, this is done by in vitro storage, freezing cuttings from the plant, or stocking the seeds.
The main intention of genebanks is to conserve collections of plant genetic resources for posterity.