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Germplasm Resources of Major Underutilized Crops

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Neglected and Underutilized Crops - Towards Nutritional Security and Sustainability

Abstract

The cultivation of a very limited number of crops does not fulfil the nutritional requirements of the growing population. For this, underutilized crops can play a vital role to meet food and nutrition security globally. They are of significant importance in localized areas, as they are highly adapted to marginal lands, do not require high inputs and is resilient to climate variability. The underutilized crops include food crops, such as cereals, vegetables, legumes, oil seeds, root, and tubers, mainly produced as a source of income for livehood of poor farmers in developing countries. Limited germplasm resource availability, lack of information on production, nutritional quality of many of the underutilized plant products, and the lack of improved quality material are the main constraints impacting the availability and productivity of these crops. Plant germplasm resources are the materials required for initiating any crop improvement programme with the help of advances in genomic techniques and various programmes for the improvement of major underutilized crops. At national and international level, genebanks are concerned with the collection, maintenance, ex situ conservation, regional and global germplasm exchange. The chapter highlights the potential of underutilized crops in context to nutrition, food security, and germplasm resources of major underutilized crops for further crop improvement studies.

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Jasrotia, S., Salgotra, R.K. (2021). Germplasm Resources of Major Underutilized Crops. In: Zargar, S.M., Masi, A., Salgotra, R.K. (eds) Neglected and Underutilized Crops - Towards Nutritional Security and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3876-3_3

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