Question

World centers of primary diversity of domesticated plants. biology discussion

Answer 1

vavilov developed a theory on the centres of origin of cultivated plants. he started that plants were not domesticated somewhere in the world at random but there are regions where the domestication started. the center of origin is considered the center of diversity.

Answer 2

Answer :

N. I. Vavilov has proposed that crop plants evolved from wild species in the areas showing diversity and termed them as primary centres of origin. From these places the crops moved to other areas with the movements of man. But in some areas, certain crop species show considerable diversity of forms although they did not originate there. Such areas are known as secondary centres of origin of these species.