Wheat Landraces in Farmers’ Fields in Uzbekistan
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Using valuable genetic resources of local origin for improving wheat is essential for current breeding projects of Uzbekistan. Thus, the main objective of the current project was to identify the areas of Tajikistan where wheat landraces and old varieties are still grown and make collections of them. With this purpose, a survey was carried out in mountainous districts of Uzbekistan during 2013-2014. The farmers who still maintain these landraces were interviewed with the goal of understanding soc io-economic issues of growing landraces. Collections of the landraces and old varieties were made from the farms identified by the survey.