Vavilov is recognized as the foremost plant geographer of contemporary times. Treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture pdf. Centro chino, centro indio malasio, centro indoafganistnasia central, centro cercano oriente, centro abisinio, centro mediterrneo. Vavilov first published his concept of centres of origin of cultivated plants in 1926. Methods used by vavilov for determining the centers of typeformation centers of origin of cultivated plants. Nikolay vavilov russiapedia science and technology. Centro chino, centro indio malasio, centro indoafganistnasia. Centro chino, centro indio malasio, centro indoafganistn asia.
Nikolai vavilov, mexico y las plantas domesticadas find, read and cite all. Descargue como ppt, pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. This document is now available at the following url. Centro chino centro indio malasio centro indoafganistanasia central centro cercano oriente, centro abisinio centro mediterraneo centro mexico america central centro sudamericano. Hummer1 usda ars national clonal germplasm repository, 33447 peoria road, corvallis, or 973332521 jim f. Vavilov s 1920 work on the homologous series was recently rerecognized hammer and schubert 1994 but his work on the centers of origin continues to be discussed zhukovsky 1968. The eight vavilovian centers of origin for crop plants the eight vavilovian centers fig. Vavilovs concept of centres of origin of cultivated. For over fifty years it profoundly influenced thinking about the origins and spread of agriculture by bitanists.
The scientist formulated very important postulates in genetics, wrote more than ten books, and carried out the gigantic task of organizing a system of agricultural institutions in the ussr. Nikolay vavilov was born into the family of a businessman in moscow. For over fifty years it profoundly influenced thinking about the origins and spread of agriculture by bitanists, geograhers, anthropologists and archaeologists. Centers of origin were first identified in 1924 by nikolai vavilov. A center of origin or center of diversity is a geographical area where a group of organisms, either domesticated or wild, first developed its distinctive properties.