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

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 fami...

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Autores principales: Kotowski, Marcin, Świerszcz, Sebastian, Khoury, Colin K., Laldjebaev, Murodbek, Palavonshanbeeva, Barfiya, Nowak, Arkadiusz
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Publicado: Springer 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126300
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author Kotowski, Marcin
Świerszcz, Sebastian
Khoury, Colin K.
Laldjebaev, Murodbek
Palavonshanbeeva, Barfiya
Nowak, Arkadiusz
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Kotowski, Marcin
Laldjebaev, Murodbek
Nowak, Arkadiusz
Palavonshanbeeva, Barfiya
Świerszcz, Sebastian
author_facet Kotowski, Marcin
Świerszcz, Sebastian
Khoury, Colin K.
Laldjebaev, Murodbek
Palavonshanbeeva, Barfiya
Nowak, Arkadiusz
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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.
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spelling CGSpace1263002025-11-11T18:54:08Z The primal garden: Tajikistan as a biodiversity hotspot of food crop wild relatives Kotowski, Marcin Świerszcz, Sebastian Khoury, Colin K. Laldjebaev, Murodbek Palavonshanbeeva, Barfiya Nowak, Arkadiusz 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 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. 2022-12 2022-12-26T08:40:08Z 2022-12-26T08:40:08Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126300 en Open Access application/pdf Springer 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
spellingShingle 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
Kotowski, Marcin
Świerszcz, Sebastian
Khoury, Colin K.
Laldjebaev, Murodbek
Palavonshanbeeva, Barfiya
Nowak, Arkadiusz
The primal garden: Tajikistan as a biodiversity hotspot of food crop wild relatives
title The primal garden: Tajikistan as a biodiversity hotspot of food crop wild relatives
title_full The primal garden: Tajikistan as a biodiversity hotspot of food crop wild relatives
title_fullStr The primal garden: Tajikistan as a biodiversity hotspot of food crop wild relatives
title_full_unstemmed The primal garden: Tajikistan as a biodiversity hotspot of food crop wild relatives
title_short The primal garden: Tajikistan as a biodiversity hotspot of food crop wild relatives
title_sort primal garden tajikistan as a biodiversity hotspot of food crop wild relatives
topic 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
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126300
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