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Ethiopia: A center of diversity

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“ Encompassed on all sides by the enemies of their religion, the Aethio pians slept near a thousand years, forgetful of the world by whom they were forgotten≓ (6).

“ On the whole terrestrial globe, the Abyssinian Centre is distinguished by its diversity of forms of hulled barley, violet-grained wheat, original races of peas, peculiar races of oats and by a series of cultivated endemic plants≓ (14).

“ Ethiopia is primarily a land of field crops, which exist in amazing diversity of varieties≓ (15).

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    Jack R. Harlan (Professor of Plant Genetics)

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Harlan, J.R. Ethiopia: A center of diversity. Econ Bot 23, 309–314 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860676

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