Q. An institution, where valuable plant material likely to become irretrievably lost in the wild or in cultivation is preserved in viable condition is known as

A) Genome
B) Gene library
C) Gene bank
D) Herbarium
Explanation

Herbarium is a collection of preserved plant material. Genome refers to total genetic material within a cell of individual. Gene library is the collection of DNA fragments. Gene bank (= world collections) are large collections of germplasm (in the viable condition) representing materials from various parts of the world.

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