Agro-biodiversity and crop genetic resources in North-Western Himalayas
Abstract
Western Himalaya contributed a great deal in conservation of crop genetic resources such as amaranths, chenopods, buckwheat, maize, wheat, fingermillet, Echinochloa frumeritacea, rice, lentil, pyrus, prunus, sorbus, Rubus, Ribes, Hordecom, Allicum, Lepidium, Carum, Cicer, Cucumis etc. Extent of variability in some of these crop has been depicted in this paper.
Keywords
Agro-biodiversity, economic plants, NW Himalayas
