**6. Involvement of organizations in germplasm conservation**

Two of the organizations on both national as well as international level are available having an association with preservation or conservation of germplasm of plants. Thus, providing the facility of their abrupt usage when necessary by them. These include the international plant genetic resources institute located in Rome, Italy operating at the global level. Various types of institutes work and deal with the germplasm of concerned and most important crop plants. However, in India National Buraeu of Plant Genetic Resources abbreviated as NBPGR deals with a huge collection of both horticulture and agriculture crops. In addition to them, Forest research institutes deal with species living in forests and lastly Botanical survey of India located in Kolkata deals with the remaining plant species [24].

### **6.1 Role of IPGRI**

IPGRI old IBPGR is an international scientific organization whose work in addition to other institutions is analyzed by CGIAR which is a consultative group on

#### *Germplasm Conservation DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96184*

international agricultural research. Its main role is to conduct and organize research and also to promote and ensure collection, documentation, and utilization of these plant germplasm and it will be helpful in the collection and exchange of plant materials. It also possesses an advisory committee which helps in the collection, evaluation, and utilization of germplasm of crop plants. So it promotes global collection and conservation of all the genetic resources of plant species. It was changed from IBPGR to IPGRI in 1993 while its predecessor was established in 1974.
