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Pollen banks are playing a very important role in promoting plant breeding programme the world over. How are pollens preserved in the pollen banks? Explain. How are such banks benefitting our farmer? Write any two ways. 

Pollen banks are playing a very important role in promoting plant breeding programme the world over.


Pollens are preserved in the pollen banks by storing them in the viable condition in a low temperature of -196 degree Celsius with the help of liquid nitrogen this is known as cryopreservation.


Pollen banks are benefitting farmers in the following ways:-


•The agricultural biodiversity is preserved for long durations in the form of preserved pollens


•Stored pollens can be used for the production of hybridised crops.

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