1). The sum total of genetic material in a species. 2). The material basis of heredity. 3). The potential hereditary materials within a species, taken collectively.
Raw plant breeding material which is the basis for selection and increasing diversity; could include seeds, genes, tissues or organs. Also, total of the genotypes that constitute a plant species.
Tissue from which new plants can be grown, for example seeds, pollen or leaves. Even a few cells may be sufficient to culture into a new plant.
The genetic material, especially its specific molecular and chemical constitution, that comprises the physical basis of the inherited qualities of an organism.
the total material transmitting inheritance, in a species or a population
The basic genetic material for any plant, used to develop new seed varieties. Within the germplasm are the basic characteristics that make plants what they are.
The genetic material that carries the inherited characteristics of an organism.
The total genetic variability, represented by germ cells or seeds, available to a particular population of organisms.
The genetic material comprising the fundamental information governing the development of a particular organism and carried in each cell of the organism.
The genetic material that forms the physical basis of heredity and is transmitted from one generation to the next by means of the germ cells. Often synonymous with genetic material. When applied to plants it is the name given to seed or other material from which plants are propagated.
means the reproductive or vegetative propagating material of plants: all living tissue from which new plants can be grown. These are mainly seeds but can also include other plant part such as a leaves or a piece of stem Germplasm is more then only the genetic information, but the basic ‘material' to grow the plant.
As with many of the terms used with biodiversity research, germplasm means different things to different people. By one definition, it is all the seeds, plants, and plant parts. By another, it is all those that are useful in breeding more organisms. Agricultural scientists may think of germplasm as seeds and plants that are useful in breeding new cultivars.
Genetic resources (germplasm) are the raw genetic material required by breeders and researchers for development of improved cultivars and other research. Genetic diversity includes gene heritability and variability and is found in wild species, local landraces, heirloom varieties, and adapted cultivars.
genetically distinct variants of a species that can represent a valuable natural resource of plant diversity.
Germplasm is a term used to describe the genetic resources, or more precisely the DNA of an organism and collections of that material. Germ plasm (or polar plasm) is a zone found in the cytoplasm of the egg cells of some model organisms (such as Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, Xenopus laevis), which contains determinants that will give rise to the germ cell lineage. As the zygote undergoes mitotic divisions the germ plasm is ultimately restricted to a few cells of the embryo, these germ cells then migrate to the gonads.
