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Agro-biodiversity comprises diversity in crop races/cultivars – agriculture and horticulture. Agricultural diversity is further divided into food grains, pulses, and oilseeds. Horticulture includes fruits – tropical, sub-tropical, temperate, nut, and stone; and varieties of vegetables. Agro-biodiversity in the Central Himalaya is elaborated broadly in this chapter with the support of illustrations. Further, a variety of wild fruits grows naturally, which are described in detail.
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Sati, V.P. (2023). Agro-biodiversity. In: Natural and Cultural Diversity in the Himalaya . SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39363-1_5
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