germplasm

See also: germ-plasm and germ plasm

English edit

Etymology edit

From germ + plasm. But compare germ plasm.

Noun edit

germplasm (countable and uncountable, plural germplasms)

Seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses.
- 1987, Aart van Schoonhove, Standard System for the Evaluation of Bean Germplasm, CIAT, page 5:
  Since the number of problems that affect the bean crop is large, researchers in national and international programs have formed a network on genetic improvement in which germplasm evaluation and research results are exchanged.
- 1989, Zhang Yihua, Dong Yushen, Development of Research on Crop Germplasm Resources in China, Lloyd Knutson, Allan K. Stoner (editors), Biotic Diversity and Germplasm Preservation, Global Imperatives, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research 13, page 125,
  A good beginning has been made in joint surveys of Chinese germplasm resources by Chinese and foreign scientists.
- 2000, R. K. Singh, et al., 9: Small and Medium Grained Aromatic Rices of India, R. K. Singh, U. S. Singh, G. S. Khush (editors), Aromatic Rices, Oxford & IBH Publishing Company, page 170,
  Safeguarding our precious indigenous scented rice germplasms is important for the future.
- 2002, Barbara M. Reed, I.2: Implementing Cryopreservation for Long-Term Germplasm Preservation in Vegetatively Propagated Species, L. E. Towill, Y. P. S. Bajaj (editors), Cryopreservation of Plant Germplasm II, Springer, Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 50, page 22,
  Cryopreservation is the preferred option for the long-term storage of clonal germplasm (Engelmann 2000).

Usage notes edit

A distinction in usage exists between the terms germplasm and germ plasm: the latter seems chiefly to be reserved for a now obsolete concept in biology.

Translations edit

seeds or tissue preserved for any of several purposes

German: Keimplasma (de) n
Italian: germoplasma m
Spanish: germoplasma m