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The primal garden: Tajikistan as a biodiversity hotspot of food crop wild relatives

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Title The primal garden: Tajikistan as a biodiversity hotspot of food crop wild relatives
 
Creator Kotowski, Marcin
Świerszcz, Sebastian
Khoury, Colin K.
Laldjebaev, Murodbek
Palavonshanbeeva, Barfiya
Nowak, Arkadiusz
 
Subject crop wild relatives
food crops
genetic resources conservation
food security
in-situ conservation
especies silvestres afín a las plantas cultivadas
cultivos alimenticios
conservación de recursos genéticos
 
Description Despite being located within a primary region of crop diversity, documentation of Tajik crop and crop wild relative (CWR) resources is far from comprehensive, particularly regarding CWR. Here, we compile the first inventory of food CWR of Tajikistan. A total of 549 food CWR taxa belonging to 36 families and 125 genera were documented as occurring in the country. Among them, 71 taxa were recognized as native close relatives of globally important crops (category 1A), 67 as native distant relatives of these crops (1B) and 411 as native taxa with an undetermined relationship to these crops (1C). This documented CWR diversity far exceeds previous scientific assessments for the country and, in doing so, distinguishes the Tajik region from surrounding countries. Within the country, the results indicate a clear gradient of food CWR taxonomic richness from the eastern part of the country (least diversity) to the western part (greatest diversity). This trend adds important new information to the body of literature published by N. I. Vavilov and others, who mainly stressed the importance of the Pamir region (Eastern Tajikistan) for crop and CWR diversity.
 
Date 2022-12
2022-12-26T08:40:08Z
2022-12-26T08:40:08Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Kotowski, M.; Świerszcz, S.; Khoury, C.K.; Laldjebaev, M.; Palavonshanbeeva, B.; Nowak, A. (2022) The primal garden: Tajikistan as a biodiversity hotspot of food crop wild relatives. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 4: 112 14 p. ISSN: 1774-0746
1774-0746
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126300
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-022-00846-9
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 14 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
Source Agronomy for Sustainable Development