Why Is It Important to Maintain a Collection of Wild

question 45

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to maintain a collection of wild relatives of crop plants?​

• A) ​Humans have a natural urge to collect things.
• B) ​It allows future generations to see plants that are gone.
• C) ​Seeds are not stable.
• D) ​Crop plants do not produce their own seeds.
• E) ​It provides insurance in the form of genetic diversity.

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