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Turkey is one of the most significant places in the world for plant genetic resources: it is located on two of Vavilov’s Centres of Origin (Near East and Mediterranean) and three phyto-geographical regions (Euro-Siberian, Mediterranean, Irano-Turanian). Therefore it is not surprising that it is the centre of diversity or micro-gene centre of many crop species, as well as being the site of domestication for many temperate agricultural crops such as wheat, chickpea, vetch, faba bean and barley. It has a unique combination of diverse geographical and climatic conditions that have given rise to a large number of rare or endemic species.
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Firat, A.E., Tan, A. (2000). In situ conservation of genetic diversity in Turkey. In: Maxted, N., Ford-Lloyd, B.V., Hawkes, J.G. (eds) Plant Genetic Conservation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1437-7_16
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