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The southern region of Orissa is famous as a centre of genetic diversity of cultivated rice and also a probable centre of origin of this species. Studies indicated that southeast India, of which this forms a part, is probably the centre of origin of “seihr (southeast Indian hill rice)” ecogenetic group of Oryza sativa. In recent years documentation of ownership of landraces of rice has been done to protect the intellectual property right of the farmer-conservers.
Genetic Diversity, Jeypore Tract
