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Crop Improvement -I (Kharif Crops) 1 SSSMCA,PIMPALKHUTA GPB-355 Crop Improvement - I (Kharif Crops) Course:-355 Credit :-1+1=2 Semester: V (DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING) SHRI SANT SHANKAR MAHARAJ COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, PIMPALKHUTA


Crop Improvement -I (Kharif Crops) 4 SSSMCA,PIMPALKHUTA GPB-355 Chapter No.1 Center of origin,Distrubution of species,wild relatives in different crop Sr. no . Crop Centre of origin Distribution of species Wild relatives Cereals 1. Rice (Oryza Sativa) 2n=2x=24 2n=2x=48 South East Asia China, India, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Bangladesh O. nivara O. officinalis 2. Maize (Zeamays) 2n = 20 Central America USA, China, Russia, Canada and many south Asian countries Zea Mexicana Zea perennis 3. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) 2n = 2x = 20 S.E. Africa, Ethiopia Africa, south and central India, China, Argentina, Australia and south and central plains of US. s. halepense, s. drummondii 4. Pearl millet (Penisetum americanum) W. Africa Africa, India, Pakistan, South East Asia, USA and Europe P. squamulatum p. purpurcum 5. Finger Millet (Elusine coracana) Vavilov -Africa Decan dole – India India, Africa, Pakistan Eleusine Indica Eleusine oligostachya Pulses 6. Red gram (Cajanus cajan) 2n=22 Africa and India India, Uganda, Kenya, West Indies, Burma etc. c.scarabacoides , c. serideus 7. SOYBEAN (Glycine max) 2n=40 China USA, Brazil, China, Argentina and India glycin.soja 8. Green gram (Vigna radiata) India India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Nepal and Southern Asian countries. V.radiata var.sublobata 9. Black gram (Vigna mungo) India India, Pakistan, Sirlanka, and South Asian countries. V.mungo var. silvestris 10 Cowpea (Vigna unguiculate) Africa Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania (all in Africa) and India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, V.unguiculata var. spontanea