Science and Technology

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the world’s second-largest refurbished progressive National sequence Bank at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Pusa, New Delhi.

·        Gene banks area unit a sort of bio repository that preserves genetic material. sequence banks exist to conserve the genetic diversity of untamed and domesticated organisms that humans depend upon for food, fiber, drugs & energy

·        Types of sequence Banks area unit Seed Bank, Tissue Bank, Cryo Bank, spore Bank, Field sequence Bank, Sperm Bank, Ova Bank sequence bank for plants is completed by in vitro storage, temperature reduction cuttings from the plant, or stocking the seeds (e.g. in an exceedingly seed bank). sequence bank for animals is completed by the temperature reduction of gamete and eggs in zoological freezers till additional want.

·        Gene bank for corals is completed by fragments area unit taken and hold on in water tanks underneath controlled conditions Maintaining material in sequence banks is usually termed ‘ex situ conservation’ that is outlined as ‘the conservation of parts of diverseness outside their natural habitats’

·        The National Gene Bank established in the year 1996 to preserve the seeds of Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) for future generations, has the capacity to preserve about one million germplasm in the form of seeds.

·        Applications Maintain the sequencetic integrity of its accessions create the accessions simply obtainable to users of germplasm offer the staple for plant breeding and basic scientific research – Accessions of crop wild relatives ar notably valuable as sources of gene suppliers offer germplasm for restoration of lost crops when natural or man- created catastrophes To conserve the Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) for future generations within the style of seeds, genomic resources, pollen etc.