In Vitro Conservation of Tuber Crops for Food Security

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Authors

  • Arijit Sinhababu
     Department of Botany, Bankura Christian College, Bankura, Pin-722101, West Bengal ,IN
  • Archana Mukherjee
     Regional Centre of Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, ICAR, Bhubaneswar-751019 ,IN
  • Arpita Banerjee
     Department of Botany, Bankura Christian College, Bankura, Pin-722101, West Bengal ,IN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24906/isc/2017/v31/i2/151976

Keywords:

Tuber Crops, Cassava, Sweet Potato, Taro, Yams.

Abstract

Conservation of biodiversity of major tropical tuber crops viz. cassava, sweet potato and yams are most important in the context of food insecurity, climate change and organic farming. Tuber crops research in India was initially on improving yields. Recently a paradigm shift has taken place for climate proof crops with valued traits. So it is necessary to conserve many crop species including important land races. Present paper deals for conserving some tuber crops through in vitro. A number of studies covering developed and developing countries have shown greater concerns about the loss of genetic diversity of such climatic resilient value added tuber crops genotypes.

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2017-03-01

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Sinhababu, A., Mukherjee, A., & Banerjee, A. (2017). <i>In Vitro</i> Conservation of Tuber Crops for Food Security. Indian Science Cruiser, 31(2), 34–40. https://doi.org/10.24906/isc/2017/v31/i2/151976

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Volume 31, Issue 2, March 2017

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