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Unit VII
Complementary strategies for conservation, scientific basis of 
In situ on-farm
conservation; social and cultural context, economic analysis in on-farm conservation,
factors influencing farmer variety choice, the value of local crop diversity to markets

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and to farmers, Community seed genebanks, Institutional frameworks for the
implementation of on-farm conservation.
VII. Practical
• Legal issues and FAO code of conduct;
• Seed structure and morphology;
• Seed germination and seedling evaluation;
• Seed viability test, seed sampling and purity analysis, seed dormancy and dormancy
breaking treatments, moisture testing methods;
• Vigour testing methods and seed leachate analysis, accelerated aging of seeds and
their assessment, seed processing and storage in Gene Bank;
• Preparation of stock solutions, media preparation, preparation of explants and
culture initiation in monocots and dicots;
• Meristem isolation and culture establishment, subculture of shoots in monocots
and dicots, hardening and field establishment of plantlets;
• Preparation of cryoprotectant solutions and regrowth media, isolation of 
in vitro
explants and pre-treatment, cryopreservation of 
in vitro
cultures- vitrification based
techniques, Encapsulation-dehydration technique, etc.
VIII. Teaching methods
• Lectures
• Power point presentations
• assignments, quiz
• Group tasks, student’s presentations
IX. Learning Outcome
The students would grasp the science underpinning biodiversity, agricultural
biodiversity and conservation imperatives on the global stage. Knowledge on
International and National policies and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity would
be imbibed by the students.