Centers Of Origin, Distribution And Wild Relatives For Different Cereals And Pulses - Indianagriexam.com

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Centers of origin, distribution and wild relatives for different Cereals and Pulses

Cereals

Sr. No.	Crop	Botanical Name	Centre of Origin	Chromosome Number	Distribution of Species	Wild Relatives
1	Rice	Oryza sativa	South East Asia	2n=24, 2n=48	China, India, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Bangladesh	O. nivara, O. officinalis
2	Maize	Zea mays	Central America	2n=20	USA, China, Russia, Canada, South Asian countries	Zea mexicana, Zea perennis
3	Wheat	Triticum aestivum	South West Asia (Fertile Crescent)	2n=42 (Hexaploid)	USA, China, India, Russia, Europe	T. dicoccoides, T. urartu
4	Barley	Hordeum vulgare	Abyssinia (Ethiopia)	2n=14	Europe, North America, India, Russia, China	H. spontaneum
5	Sorghum	Sorghum bicolor	S.E. Africa, Ethiopia	2n=20	Africa, India, China, Argentina, Australia, USA	S. halepense, S. drummondii
6	Pearl Millet	Pennisetum glaucum	West Africa	Not fixed	Africa, India, Pakistan, SE Asia, USA, Europe	P. squamulatum, P. purpureum
7	Finger Millet	Eleusine coracana	Africa (Vavilov), Deccan (India)	Not fixed	India, Africa, Pakistan	E. indica, E. oligostachya
8	Oats	Avena sativa	Europe	2n=42	USA, Europe, Australia, China, Russia	A. sterilis, A. fatua
9	Rye	Secale cereale	Asia Minor (Turkey)	2n=14	Europe, Russia, North America	S. montanum, S. vavilovii

Pulses

Sr. No.	Crop	Botanical Name	Centre of Origin	Chromosome Number	Distribution of Species	Wild Relatives
1	Red Gram	Cajanus cajan	Africa and India	2n=22	India, Uganda, Kenya, West Indies, Burma	C. scarabaeoides, C. sericeus
2	Chickpea	Cicer arietinum	Western Asia	2n=16	India, Pakistan, Turkey, Australia, Canada	C. reticulatum, C. echinospermum
3	Soybean	Glycine max	China	2n=40	USA, Brazil, China, Argentina, India	G. soja
4	Green Gram	Vigna radiata	India	Not fixed	India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, SE Asia	V. radiata var. sublobata
5	Black Gram	Vigna mungo	India	Not fixed	India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, SE Asia	V. mungo var. silvestris
6	Cowpea	Vigna unguiculata	Africa	Not fixed	Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, SE Asia	V. unguiculata var. spontanea
7	Lentil	Lens culinaris	Near East	2n=14	India, Turkey, Canada, Australia, Nepal	L. orientalis, L. ervoides
8	Pea	Pisum sativum	Mediterranean Basin	2n=14	China, India, Russia, Canada, Europe	P. fulvum, P. elatius
9	Broad Bean	Vicia faba	Mediterranean Basin	2n=12	China, Ethiopia, UK, Egypt, Europe	V. narbonensis, V. johannis

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