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22 Bhag <strong>Singh</strong>Table 2.Nuclear centres and regions of diversity ofdomesticated plants (Hawkes, 1983).Nuclear centresA. Northern ChinaB. The Near EastC. Southern MexicoD. Central to SouthernPeruRegions of diversityI. ChinaII. IndiaIII. South East AsiaIV. Central AsiaV. The Near EastVI. The MediterraneanVII. EthiopiaVIII. West AfricaIX. Meso-AmericaX. Northern Andes(Venezuela to Bolivia)There arp several such regions where crop actually did notoriginate. This argument is based on the wild progenitors, absenceof archaeological remains to suggest antiquity of a crop species.These are regions int which the crops perhaps spread from theNuclear centres in the past in which spatial isolation in time andintensive human selection played a pre~dominant role in theincrease of genetic diversity.Micro centresHawkes (1983) further identified small 'micro' centres forseveral cr, ps.1. New Guinea~Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)2. Solamon Islands and Fuji-Mlisa species3. North Western Europe-Avena strigosa, Seeaie cerealc4. United States, Canada-Helianthlls annuus, H. tuberoslts5. Southern Chile-Bromus, mango6. Brazil - Mnnihot esculenta, Ananas comostlsDiversity of crop plants in Indian sub~continentRich genetic diversity occurs in several crop plants (about 166species) and their wild relatives (about 320 species). Antiquity of

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