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Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton is a traditional crop of East Asia and sporadically cultivated in different parts of the Himalayas. The Western and the Eastern Himalayan regions of India exhibit rich variability in oilseed Perilla, Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. frutescens. The present communication deals with the distribution pattern of diversity and survey, exploration and germplasm collection and its uses in India. Brief information on botanical characterization on the basis of systematic study of cultivated and weedy types and thrust on areas for germplasm collection from diverse habitats have been discussed.
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The authors are thankful to the Director, NBPGR, New Delhi and Head, Division of Plant Exploration and Germplasm Collection, NBPGR, New Delhi for their able guidance and suggestions from time to time. Thanks are also due to Curators of the National Herbarium of Cultivated Plants, NBPGR, New Delhi and the Botanical Survey of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand for providing the required facilities. Thanks are due to Dr. IS Bisht and Ms. Nidhi Verma for sharing the material for study and Mr. Sashi Kant Sharma for helping in different ways.
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Pandey, A., Bhatt, K.C. Diversity distribution and collection of genetic resources of cultivated and weedy type in Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. frutescens and their uses in Indian Himalaya . Genet Resour Crop Evol 55, 883–892 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-007-9293-7
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