Q.A collection of plants and seeds having diverse alleles of all the genes of a crop is called Germplasm. (True/False)

Genetic diversity is intraspecific diversity -- the variation in genes, chromosomes and alleles found among individuals and between populations of the same species. It underlies differences within a species and is the raw material on which evolution acts, since genetically varied populations are more likely to include individuals able to survive changing conditions. Subspecies and races are direct examples of genetic diversity, and greater genetic diversity generally supports a healthier, more resilient breeding population. India offers striking examples: roughly a thousand mango varieties and about fifty thousand varieties of rice or wheat are cultivated across the country, and the medicinal plant Rauwolfia serpentina shows measurable location-to-location variation in t …