Plant genetic resources conservation in Turkey
2003
Karagoz, A.
Turkey is located at a significant position in the world from the viewpoint of plant genetic resources and genetic diversity. It is scientifically agreed that two of the Centers of Diversity and Centers of Origin; the Near Eastern and the Mediterranean overlap at Turkey. Turkey is the meeting ground of three phytogeographical regions; Euro-Siberian, Mediterranean and Irano-Turanian. Due to its great variety in geomorphology, topography and climate, Turkey has large diversity of habitats so it is very rich in plant species and endemism. Based on the information given by Davis (1965-1985) and Davis et al. (1988) the number of native ferns and seed plant species were stated as 8.745 by Kaya et al. (1998), 2.763 of which are endemic. In addition to these figures about 1.000 new species were listed by Güner et al. (2000). Altogether the number comes to a total of approximately 10.000. Conservation of genetic diversity in crop plants and their wild relatives is essential for Turkey. Status and conservation strategies of plant genetic diversity are discussed in this paper.
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