Ncert Exercises & Solutions

Q.29 In the area of plant breeding, it is important not only to preserve the seeds of the variety

being cultivated, but also to preserve all its wild relatives. Explain with a suitable example.

Collection and preservation of ail the different wild varieties, species and relatives of the

cultivated species is a Important for effective exploitation of natural genes available in the

population. e.g., sources of resistance genes may be cultivated varieties, germplasm

collections af the crop or wild relatives.