Vavilov center

Vavilov's 1924 scheme suggested that plants were domesticated in China, Hindustan, Central Asia, Asia Minor, Mediterranean, Abyssinia, Central and South America

A Vavilov center or center of origin is a geographical area where a group of organisms, either domesticated or wild, first developed its distinctive properties.[1] Centers of origin were first identified in 1924 by Nikolai Vavilov. Vavilov posited that the center of origin for a species or genus is the same as its center of diversity, the geographic area where it has the highest genetic diversity, but this equivalence has been disputed by later scholars.[2]

  1. ^ "International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture" (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2009. p. Article 2.
  2. ^ Singh, Dhan Pal; Singh, Asheesh K.; Singh, Arti (January 1, 2021). "Chapter 5 - Plant genetic resources". In Singh, Dhan Pal; Singh, Asheesh K.; Singh, Arti (eds.). Plant Breeding and Cultivar Development. Academic Press. pp. 129–157. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-817563-7.00009-X. ISBN 978-0-12-817563-7. Retrieved February 22, 2025.

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