AgroScience Today, Volume 3, Issue 10 : 0502-0504

POPULAR ARTICLES

OPEN ACCESS | Published on : 31-Oct-2022

In-Situ Conservation of Valuable Underutilized Leafy Vegetables Through Village Seed/ Gene Bank Approaches

• Anbukkarasi V
• Department of Vegetable Science, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.
• Dhandapani M
• Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute, Aduthurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Prabhu M
• Department of Vegetable Science, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.
• Pugalendhi L
• Department of Vegetable Science, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.

Abstract

 Leafy vegetables are rich in iron, zinc, anti-oxidants, vitamins, dietary fibres and proteins. The Gene/ Seed banks are to be established for conservation and maintenance of leafy vegetables. It enables participatory approaches for selection and multiplication of locally adapted lines of leafy vegetables. This village level gene/ seed bank methods offer conservation of valuable genetic stocks in-situ without losing their genetic characteristics of low and no input responses. 

Keywords

Leafy vegetables, Seed banks, conservation and maintenance, village level gene/ seed bank

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