Türk Bilimsel Derlemeler Dergisi
Yazarlar: Necla TAŞ, Gün KIRCALIOĞLU, Kader Kurşun Kırcı, Umut Özer
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Anahtar Kelimeler:Ex situ and in situ conservation,Inventory,Landrace,National management plan
Özet: A landrace of a seed-propagated crop which is important component of biodiversity and cultural heritage is defined as a variablepopulation that is characterized by a specific adaptation to the environmental conditions of the area of cultivation, lacks offormal crop improvement and closely associated with the traditional uses, knowledge, habits of the people who developedand continue to grow it. Landraces have also been able to survive until today due to geographical and ecological isolationand belongs to crops that are not common cultivated. Cultivation of landraces is gradually decreased through replacement oflandraces by high yielding varieties and prohibition of sale of seed of varieties that are not registered in Turkey. Especiallylandraces is disappearing with the elderly people who grow these varieties for their own consumptions and conserve them. Thereis no complete list of local varieties grown in Turkey, today it is exactly not known which of them are grown or completelydisappear. Sytematic, coordinated and integrated in situ and ex situ conservation of landrace diversity can be implemented viaa national management plan for landrace diversity conservation. A national management plan for landrace conservation is adocument that outlines the national approach to landrace conservation and use. It is likely to incorporate a list of landrace, theirdistribution, cultivation and use practices, threat assessment, conservation status and priorities, and maintainer, breeder andother user information. The main step in development of national management plan for landrace diversity is the preparationof landrace checklist and inventory. Preparation of inventories is a starting point for conservation of agrobiodiversity. Thuspreparation of the national landrace inventory has a priority in raising usage of landrace, contrubuting national food security,documented of landrace diversity for the future generation, identification and implementation of systematic ex situ and in situconservation status, monitoring of changes, meeting changing market demands.