Division of Germplasm Conservation, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110012, India
*Author for Correspondence: Email-anjali.koul@icar.gov.in
Online Published on 07 November, 2022.
The Plant Germplasm Registration Committee (PGRC) was constituted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in 1996 to provide recognition to researchers involved in identifying, describing and documenting potentially valuable genetic materials and to incorporate these into the public domain for their efficient use by the breeders and researchers. In the last 25 years a total of 48 meetings of PGRC have been held and 1,948 crop genetic materials have been registered belonging to 249 crop species. Among these, highest number of germplasm are registered for resistance against biotic stress (601) followed by quality and nutritional traits (583). In major food crops like cereals, oilseeds and grain legumes, maximum registration is for biotic stresses while in ornamentals, fruit crop, medicinal and aromatic crops, tea and coffee, maximum germplasm is registered for quality traits.
