1National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station Bhowali-263 132, Niglat, Dist. Nainital, Uttarakhand.
2National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110 012.
Kumaon Himalaya of Utatrakhand is a well known repository of local rice cultivars. A large number of local cultivars are managed and named by local farming communities. To maintain this large genetic stock, farmers have named them on the basis of certain characteristics features. In order to investigate the naming criterions, the investigators have surveyed 5 districts, 33 development blocks, 132 villages and 405 households of the Kumaon region during last ten years. A total of 84 different farmer named cultivars were documented for the study. The present paper reveals the different nomenclature criteria followed by farmers for maintaining the rice genetic wealth on farm. The naming parameters involve morphological traits, environmental adaptability, agronomic traits, local recipes, place of origin and local legendlores.
Farmer named rice cultivars, Traditional rice cultivars, Rice cultivars of Kumaon Himalaya, Traditional rice nomenclature system
