What is meant by germplasm collection? What are its benefits?

Germplasm collection in simple terms means the collection of genes.

In germplasm collection the entire collection of plants or seeds having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is done.

Benefits of germplasm collection:

• It is important to maintain biological diversity. Different varieties of genes are collected under the germplasm collection, thus, creating and maintaining biodiversity.

• The collection can be used in the future too. The genes are collected and stored and hence then can be used for the future need.

• It is important for food security too because the genes can be used for the production of desirable plant with good yield.