Evaluation and Utilization of Introduced/Exotic Cotton Germplasm

Abstract

The National Cotton Gene Bank ofIndia was established
in Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), Nagpur.
The total gene pool available in this bank today
approximately represent 70 percent of the global genetic
variation for over 60 attributes sought by the breeder
for one or the other breeding objective. The present
holding in National Genebank after eliminating the
duplicates are given in Table 1. The collections are
maintained both in medium-term cold storage module
at CICR and long-term storage module at NBPGR, New
Delhi, besides a short-term cold storage facility for all
the working collections that are replenished once in
2 or 3 years, as needed. The wild species and cytogenetic
materials are maintained in the species garden at CICR,
Nagpur.