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Multi COB-Bearing Popcorn (Puakzo) Maize:A Unique Landrace of Mizoram, North East, India


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1 Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib 796 081, India
2 Division of Social Science, ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib 796 081, India
3 Division of Horticulture, ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib 796 081, India
4 Division of Natural Resource Management, ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib 796 081, India
 

Mizoram is a mountainous (Lushai hill range) state with closely spaced intermountain valleys, demographically dominated by indigenous tribes (Mizo) constituting 94.4% of the total population. These tribal populations ensure the conservation of plant genetic resources for the future, for the food and nutritional security of an increasing population. Since 1976, in the northeastern hill region intensive collections of maize landraces were made by ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi and diversity of landraces maize from this region comprised 36% of the total collection from whole India, which was the highest number of accession among other regions.
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Authors

A. Ratankumar Singh
Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib 796 081, India
S. B. Singh
Division of Social Science, ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib 796 081, India
S. K. Dutta
Division of Horticulture, ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib 796 081, India
T. Boopathi
Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib 796 081, India
Lungmuana
Division of Natural Resource Management, ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib 796 081, India
S. Saha
Division of Natural Resource Management, ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib 796 081, India
M. Thoithoi Devi
Division of Natural Resource Management, ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib 796 081, India
N. Hemanta Singh
Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib 796 081, India

Abstract


Mizoram is a mountainous (Lushai hill range) state with closely spaced intermountain valleys, demographically dominated by indigenous tribes (Mizo) constituting 94.4% of the total population. These tribal populations ensure the conservation of plant genetic resources for the future, for the food and nutritional security of an increasing population. Since 1976, in the northeastern hill region intensive collections of maize landraces were made by ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi and diversity of landraces maize from this region comprised 36% of the total collection from whole India, which was the highest number of accession among other regions.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv110%2Fi8%2F1392-1393