Agrobiodiversity in a biodiversity hotspot: Kerala State, India. Its origin and status
Agrobiodiversity in a biodiversity hotspot: Kerala State, India. Its origin and status
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生物多样性热点地区的农业生物多样性：印度喀拉拉邦。
DOI：
10.1007/s10722-010-9555-7
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发表时间：
2010
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2
通讯作者：
N. Nayar
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作者：
N. Nayar
本文研究了印度喀拉拉邦农业生物多样性的现状和特征，喀拉拉邦是西高止山脉-斯里兰卡生物多样性热点地区的一部分。它们表现出很大的异质性。全州种植农作物43科104属142种。几乎整个农业生物多样性保护工作都是由中央政府进行的，尽管各州也被授权从事这项工作。这似乎对农业生物多样性保护产生不利影响。到目前为止，大多数注意力仅集中在最重要的粮食和经济作物上，并且非常有限地集中在其野生近缘种和不太重要的农作物上。
This paper examines the status and characteristics of agrobiodiversity present in Kerala State, India, which is a part of the Western Ghats—Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot. They show much heterogeneity. The State grows 142 crop plants belonging to 104 genera and 43 families. Almost the entire agrobiodiversity conservation work is being carried out by the central government, even though the states are also mandated to do this work. This appears to have an adverse effect on agrobiodiversity conservation. Until now, most attention was being paid to only the most important food and commercial crops, and very limited to their wild relatives and the less important crop plants.