Monday, 4 November 2024

Tit Bits Genetic Conservation

Recalcitrant seeds are killed by drying and freezing temperatures.

Triticale is an intergeneric hybrid

Heterosis is Hybrid vigour

Inbreeding is possible between two members of species

GENE Bank is an institution where seeds or vegetative parts of endangered species are preserved in viable condition for future use.


 Genomes of Neanderthal hominin species got noble prize in 2022 in physiology 

Cryopreservation is storing germplasm at -196 deg C

Tissue culture is a process that produce new plants by cell instead of seed.

Triticale is a cereal developed through hybridisation between wheat and rye


IBPGR - international board for plant genetic resources.

Nikolai Ivanovich vavilov proposed the theories of plabt genetic diversity.

Genetic erosion - Loss of Genes from gene pool due to extinction of an organism.

Synthetic seeds are Genetically modified seeds and Encapsulated somatic embroyos in a suitable matrix


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