17 Mar Use of Plant Genetic Resource in Fruit Crops
फ्रूट क्रॉप्स में प्लांट जेनेटिक रिसोर्स का उपयोग Plant genetic resources in horticultural crops and their wild relatives are of immense value to mankind as they provide food, fodder, fuel, shelter and industrial products. India is the second largest fruit-producing country in the world. A number of problems including diseases, insects, pests and various disorders are associated with fruit growing in India these problems can solve by utilising of Plant genetic resources. Inferior quality of planting material and poor orchard management are some of the reasons for the low productivity. Plant genetic resources are of great importance as they form the basic raw material to meet current and future needs of crops improvement programmes. The specific role that plant genetic resources have to play in addressing the challenges in securing food to humanity in a sustainable way is discussed. The diversity of plant species and of varieties of a range of crop types (cereals, pulses, fruits, vegetables) and the intraspecific genetic diversity that make up PGR are fundamental to our food system. Furthermore, the links between their production and consumption are important to sustainable food systems in order to have the richest possible food diversity on plates, sustainably sourced from the biological diversity that underpins agricultural systems. Plant genetic resources are the biological basis...