Question

What are pollen banks? How they are formed?​

Answer 1

The very important application of pollen bank is to preserve the biodiversity in the form of preservation of the value of genetic resources. It is very essential to establish 'Pollen Banks' where pollen grains of the desired species would be preserved as a genetic resource for the breeding program.

Answer 2

This a very simple method by which pollen grains are dried over silica and stored in organic solvents and maintained in refrigerator or deep freezer. The freeze and vacuum-dried pollen grains are stored at subzero temperature (- 60 degrees C to - 80 degrees C).