Wheat landraces inventory in Tajikistan
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TextPublication details: 2013Description: p. 393Summary: Presence of high diversity of small grain cereals, especially wheat in the current territories of . Tajikistan were described in many historic and geographic books. Nikolai Vavilov, well-known by ? his theory of Centres of Origin and Diversity of Plants and his expeditions around the Globe has visited Tajikistan two times and collected huge amount and valuable genetic materials. Vavilov In Tajik Pamirs found genetic materials of wheat, barley, rye and aegilops totally differing from other parts of the world and described influence and specificity of the region for formation of new adopted forms. Before Second World War in Tajikistan people were mainly growing their own wheat varieties known as ~afedak, Surkhak, Lailaki bahori, Sabzak, lrodi etc. During the 19601h number of locally bred varieties were released in Soviet Tajikistan, which was initial point of official variety testing in the country, some of these varieties were either selected or improved from local land races or local materials were used as a parent. Through years by developing agricultural sector new foreign varieties were introduced to the country and released and this process nowadays is continuing. Using valuable genetic materials of local origin for improving wheat is essential for current breeding projects. Currently landraces are only grown in limited areas in the mountainous regions in rainfed lands, mainly in small scal.e farms. With the purpose of identifying areas were wheat landraces are still grown and their inventory FAO-SEC provided technical assistance. Besides identifying areas, farmers who still keep these landraces were interviewed for revealing socio-economic issues of growing landraces. Survey was carried out in 10 mountainous districts of Tajikistan during July and August of 2013. During the survey following landraces and old Tajik ~heat varieties were found and samples were collected for further characterisation and use: Safedak, Surkhak, lrodi, Dandoni Ushtur, Uruqlii bahori, Surkhsuk, Shukhak, Boboi, Sobilo, Kilaki Bartang and Safedaki lshkoshimi.
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Presence of high diversity of small grain cereals, especially wheat in the current territories of . Tajikistan were described in many historic and geographic books. Nikolai Vavilov, well-known by ? his theory of Centres of Origin and Diversity of Plants and his expeditions around the Globe has visited Tajikistan two times and collected huge amount and valuable genetic materials. Vavilov In Tajik Pamirs found genetic materials of wheat, barley, rye and aegilops totally differing from other parts of the world and described influence and specificity of the region for formation of new adopted forms. Before Second World War in Tajikistan people were mainly growing their own wheat varieties known as ~afedak, Surkhak, Lailaki bahori, Sabzak, lrodi etc. During the 19601h number of locally bred varieties were released in Soviet Tajikistan, which was initial point of official variety testing in the country, some of these varieties were either selected or improved from local land races or local materials were used as a parent. Through years by developing agricultural sector new foreign varieties were introduced to the country and released and this process nowadays is continuing. Using valuable genetic materials of local origin for improving wheat is essential for current breeding projects. Currently landraces are only grown in limited areas in the mountainous regions in rainfed lands, mainly in small scal.e farms. With the purpose of identifying areas were wheat landraces are still grown and their inventory FAO-SEC provided technical assistance. Besides identifying areas, farmers who still keep these landraces were interviewed for revealing socio-economic issues of growing landraces. Survey was carried out in 10 mountainous districts of Tajikistan during July and August of 2013. During the survey following landraces and old Tajik ~heat varieties were found and samples were collected for further characterisation and use: Safedak, Surkhak, lrodi, Dandoni Ushtur, Uruqlii bahori, Surkhsuk, Shukhak, Boboi, Sobilo, Kilaki Bartang and Safedaki lshkoshimi.
Global Wheat Program
English
Lucia Segura
INT1787
CIMMYT Staff Publications Collection