ABSTRACT

Abstract ......................................................................................................94 5.1 Introduction .......................................................................................94 5.2 Ethnic Agricultural Diversity ............................................................95 5.3 Ethnic Plant Genetic Diversity Conservation .................................120 5.4 Utilization of Ethnic Plant Genetic Resources

Diversity in Crop Improvement ......................................................121 5.5 Factors Contributing to Genetic Erosion of Ethnic

Plant Genetic Resources Diversity .................................................122 5.6 Future Thrusts .................................................................................123 5.7 Conclusions .....................................................................................124 Keywords .................................................................................................125 References ................................................................................................125

S. R. PANDRAVADA, N. SIVARAJ, and V. KAMALA