Abstract
Conservation of the genetic resources of ancient crops in Georgia are current landraces and primitive forms occurring in Georgia and to publish lists of indigenous landraces and CWRs of cereals, legumes, vegetables, vine and fruits representing direct ancestors, and endemic, rare or endangered species. National policies and comprehensive measures are urgently needed to address the problem of conserving the genetic resources of ancient crops in Georgia. It is necessary to establish a general overview of the types of crops that are current landraces and primitive forms occurring in Georgia. However, the introduction of new parasites has revealed that endemic forms of Georgian crop plants contain valuable selective disease-resistant material for genetic engineering. Establishment and maintenance of ex situ collections and databases should be considered just as a first step in the conservation process of ancient crop varieties. Storage of the ex situ collections should be improved through upgrading the present storage of the field crop genebank facilities.
Highlights
Very old archaeological findings, cultural heritages and so far existing high morphological and genetic diversity of ancient crops and their wild relatives show that Georgia has very old agricultural traditions that have preserved to our times
National policies and comprehensive measures are urgently needed to address the problem of conserving the genetic resources of ancient crops in Georgia
It is necessary to establish a general overview of the types of crops that are current landraces and primitive forms occurring in Georgia
Summary
Agri Res & Tech: Open Access J Copyright © All rights are reserved by Maia Akhalkatsi Situational Analyses of the Current State of Plant Genetic Resources Important for Food and Agriculture in Georgia (Caucasus Ecoregion) Department of Plant Genetic Resources, Ilia State University, Republic of Georgia Submission: July 29, 2016; Published: August 11, 2016 *Corresponding author: Maia Akhalkatsi, Head of Department of Plant Genetic Resources, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, K. Cholokashvili 3/5, 0162 Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.
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