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How can pollen grains of wheat and rice which tend to lose viability within 30 minutes of their release be made available months later for breeding programmes ?

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The pollen grains are stored by their proper cryopreservation i.e., storing them at very low temperature in liquid nitrogen `(-196^@C)`
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