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.
Agro-biodiversity, economic plants, NW Himalayas
