The principal aim of this study is to document and protect the indigenous rice varieties and indigenous farmers' knowledge regarding their properties and uses. This body of folk knowledge includes the suitability of different rice varieties to different local edaphic and climatic conditions, their inherent resistance to specific pests and pathogens, their aroma, taste and nutritional qualities, and also medicinal properties of a handful of rice landraces. The range of characteristics of the folk rice varieties recorded here constitutes the largest database of Indian rice varieties published till date. We hope that our findings will prove useful in rice research as well as ethno-botanical studies. Finally, we hope that this register of folk rice genetic diversity will lead to proliferation of similar documentation of community-owned biodiversity, and assert the sovereign right of indigenous farmers to freely use their heirloom crop genetic diversity.
An edition of Seeds of Tradition, Seeds of Future: Folk Rice Varieties of Eastern India
(2005)
Seeds of Tradition, Seeds of Future
Folk Rice Varieties of Eastern India
by Debal Deb
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This is a revised edition of Folk Rice varieties of West Bengal (2000) by the same author. Copyrighted in the name of indigenous farmers' consortium Vrihi.
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Table of Contents
Why this publication.
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The Origin, Biology and Ecology of Indian Rice.
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Setting the Context: The erosion of Folk Crop Genetic Diversity.
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Concerns for Rice Genetic Divefrsity Conservation.
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Documentation of Folk Rice Varieties of Eastern India.
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Materials and Methods.
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Salient Findings.
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Conclusion.
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References.
97
Acknowledgements.
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Table 1: Selected physiological and agronomic traits and uses of 416 rice landraces.
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Table 2: Key morphological characteristics of 416 rice landraces.
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Table 3: Yield statistics of selected folk rice varieties compared with a modern HYV.
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Table 4: Brown rice length (BL) and width (BW) variations in Jugal and Sateen.
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Table 5: Landraces with novel pigmentation of lemma-palea, apiculus and seed coat.
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Appendix 1: List of farmers donating folk rice varieties to Vrihi.
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Appendix 2: List of farmers receiving folk rice variety seeds from Vrihi.
121
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A comprehensive description of morphological and agronomic characteristics and cultural uses of over 400 rice landraces from eastern India, and a few from Maharashtra.
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