Plant Genetic Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan (results of VIR collection missions)
https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2024-3-o2
Abstract
The publication provides a brief historical overview of surveys of Uzbekistan by expeditionary teams of the N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR). In the plant-growing sense, the territory of the republic is a part of the Central Asian Сenter of origin of cultivated plants, which is the birthplace of many types of fruit, vegetable, grain and legume crops. The variety of natural conditions and the extreme antiquity of the agricultural culture of these places contributed to the accumulation and formation of an exceptional wealth of plant forms. The vegetation of the foothill and mountainous territories of Uzbekistan is characterized by active formation of new forms among its representatives. From 1912 to 2023, VIR organized 105 expeditions to study plant genetic resources. The analysis of the collected materials showed that the most productive studies were conducted in 1966–1991, which were carried out on the basis of the Central Asian Experiment Station of VIR, which operated a permanent expedition team. The article summarizes the main results of collecting activities and presents the most significant publications on them, showing that Uzbekistan is currently of interest, first of all, for the search for drought-resistant, heat-resistant, and salt-resistant plant forms.
Keywords
expedition exploration,
Central Asia,
local cultivars,
wild relatives of cultivated plants, CWR, VIR
Supporting agencies: The work was carried out within the framework of the Program of Development of the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources under Agreement No. 075-02-2024-1090 with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation dated February 15, 2024 using the Herbarium of Cultivated Plants of the World, their Wild Relatives and Weeds (WIR).
About the Author
L. V. Bagmet
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Larisa V. Bagmet, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Leading Researcher, Department of Agrobotany and in situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources, VIR
42, 44 Bolshaya Morskaya Str., St. Petersburg, 190000 Russia
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Bagmet L.V. Plant Genetic Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan (results of VIR collection missions). Vavilovia. 2024;7(3):24-36. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2024-3-o2
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