The Central Asiatic region of cultivated plants
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
The Central Asiatic region of cultivated plants Chunlin Long
. Karl Hammer . Zhijun Li
Received: 10 March 2020 / Accepted: 22 October 2020 Ó Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Abstract The Central Asiatisc Region is commonly known as one of the primary centers of origin of cultivated plants, especially for apricots, cherries, apples, pears, pistachios, almonds, walnuts, and some vegetables. However, it lacks exact data and information about cultivated plants in this region. A comprehensive introduction and analysis will help people understand the status. The methods of literature study had been used to collect data from existing references. The aim of this study was to provide details of cultivated plants in the Central Asiatic Region for conservation and sustainable uses of plant genetic resources. As a result, 802 species of cultivated plants from 107 families and 388 genera were presented according to Mansfeld’s definition. In addition, 304 Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-020-01053-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. C. Long (&) College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China e-mail: [email protected] K. Hammer (&) Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Z. Li School of Plant Science and Technology, Tarim University, Xingjiang 843300, China
wild relatives of cultivated plants and several landraces have been recorded in the Central Asiatic Region. Remarkably, the region had exported important species of vegetables, fruits and nuts to other parts of the world. The Silk Road passed through the Central Asiatic Region and had strongly promoted the exchange of cultivated plants between the East and the West. Located in the key zone of the Belt and Road Initiative, this region will continue to make great contributions to the world in terms of conservation, breeding, development and use of cultivated plants. Keywords Central Asiatic region Center of origin Diversity of nuts Silk Road Belt and Road Initiative
Introduction Central Asia is famous as a center of diversity of apples, pears, onion, spinach, carrot, and other crops. Therefore, Vavilov defined Central Asia as one of the centers of origin of cultivated plants in different stages (Vavilov 1929, 1945–1950; Loskutov 1999). Later on, other scientists revised Vavilov’s theory of origin center of cultivated plants, and suggested 10 or 12 centers. However, Central Asia is still one of them (Harlan 1971; Zeven and de Wet 1982; Purugganan and Fuller 2009; Zohary et al. 2013).
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There are several definitions for Central Asia, geographically and geopolitically (Vavilov 1929; Zhang 2017). The old definition by the Soviet Union for Central Asia included S Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan (Khanazarov et al. 2009). The UNESCO e
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