Seventy five years of research and development in genetic resources of horticultural crops

Horticulture Genetic Resources (HGR) include gene pool of fruits, vegetables, spices and condiments, medicinal and aromatic plants and several commercial crops and their wild and weedy relatives and well-adapted introduced crop plants from time to time. During last 75 years genetic resources management of horticultural crops has made unprecedented progress both in developing infrastructure for conservation in the field and laboratory. Several new field genebanks have been established by the crop-based institutes and State Agricultural Universities to conserve and utilize the germplasm. Several new in vitro and cryopreservation protocols have been developed to conserve indigenous horticultural crops through research and developmental efforts of scientists.