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Germplasm are living
genetic resources Genetic resources are genetic material of actual or potential value, where genetic material means any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin containing functional units of heredity. Genetic resources is one of the three levels of biod ...
such as seeds or tissues that are maintained for the purpose of
animal Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage ...
and
plant breeding Plant breeding is the science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. It has been used to improve the quality of nutrition in products for humans and animals. The goals of plant breeding are to produce cr ...
, preservation, and other research uses. These resources may take the form of seed collections stored in seed banks, trees growing in nurseries, animal breeding lines maintained in animal breeding programs or gene banks, etc. Germplasm collections can range from collections of wild species to elite, domesticated breeding lines that have undergone extensive human selection. Germplasm collection is important for the maintenance of biological diversity and food security.


See also

* Animal genetic resources for food and agriculture *
Conservation biology Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions. It is an in ...
* Cryoconservation of animal genetic resources *
Forest genetic resources Forest genetic resources or forest tree genetic resources are genetic resources (i.e., genetic material of actual or future value) of forest shrub and tree species. Forest genetic resources are essential for forest-depending communities who rely fo ...
* International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture * Plant genetic resources *
Seed saving A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiosperm pl ...


References

*Day-Rubenstein, K and Heisey, P. 2003.
Plant Genetic Resources: New Rules for International Exchange
' * 63 p. *Economic Research Service.

' * 174 p. *SeedQues


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External links


USDA-ARS
Germplasm Resources Information Network Germplasm Resources Information Network or GRIN is an online USDA National Genetic Resources Program software project to comprehensively manage the computer database for the holdings of all plant germplasm collected by the National Plant Germpl ...
(GRIN)
Bioversity International
* ttp://www.bioversityinternational.org/scientific_information/themes/germplasm_health.html Bioversity International: Germplasm Health* DAD-IS: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System {{Authority control Developmental biology Conservation biology Food security Biorepositories