Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources
  • Year: 2000
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 3

Similipal biosphere reserve: Home of cultnated and wild Oryza species

  • Author:
  • N. Dikshit, S. S. Malik1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 302 to 304

1National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110 012.

National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Exploration Base Centre, Cuttack 753006 (Orissa).

Abstract

Notes on occurrence and morpho-agronomic traits of major Oryza species i.e., Oryza of ficinalis, O. granulata, O. rufipogon and O. nivara from Similipal hill ranges of Orissa are reported. Importance of the region for in-situ conservation for wild Oryza is emphasized in the paper.

Keywords

Wild rice, in-situ conservation