Collection and preservation of all the different wild varieties ,species and relatives of cultivated species is done for the exploitation of natural genes available in the population.
What does ' exploitation ' mean in this statement ?

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Here 'Exploitation'  means to discover or use the information related to genes that made available from different species. So that information regarding the genetic make up of various species can be made available.

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