• Information gathering and analysis
  

• Information on buckwheat germplasm collections were collected and compiled by IPGRI Office for East Asia and IPGRI Office for South Asia.
  

• Information on buckwheat literature was gathered by IPGRI and consultants in China, India and Nepal. It was compiled and published by IPGRI.Information on buckwheat genetic resources were gathered and analysed by IPGRI consultants in China, India and Nepal, compiled by IPGRI Office and have been distributed to national programmes in APO region and others.
  

• IPGRI-supported studies on buckwheat genetic diversity  in 1993-1994 by Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanxi Agriculture University and Shanxi University in China. Results of this study of nine species and one variety of the genus Fagopyrum confirmed the currently accepted taxonomic relationships among the material.
  

• A feasibility study of on-farm conservation of buckwheat in China and Nepal was supported by IPGRI in 1996 and carried out by Chengdu Institute of Biology, China and Agricultural Botany Division, Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC). The study provided comprehensive information on ethnobotanical aspects and farming systems in certain areas in China and Nepal, which in turn indicated the possibility of on-farm conservation of buckwheat in China and Nepal.
  

• A study on ecology and conservation of tartary buckwheat is in progress at the Chengdu Institute of Biology and Zhaojue Agricultural Research Institute in Liangshan Autonomous Region of China with IPGRI support. Working Group was formed to develop participatory approach for on-farm conservation. The information they have gathered from local people on their methods of production and seed handling has revealed much about the selection criteria the farmers use and about the distribution of landraces of the crop.
  

• Ecological studies on bitterness and participatory varietal selection in buckwheat in Nepal were carried out by District Agricultural Development Office of Mastang, Kaski and Lamjung and Agricultural Botany Division, NARC. This study is supported by IPGRI.
  

• A collaborative project in situ conservation of buckwheat genetic resources in Nepal was initiated in 1998 and this will be completed at the end of 2001. This project is supported with Japanese special project funding to IPGRI and closely links with the IPGRI global project on in situ conservation. This study has already identified two locations of F. cymosum, a wild relative, with high intrapopulation genetic diversity that could be recommended for in situ conservation.

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Publications

Arora, R.K., and J. M. M. Engels. 1992. Buckwheat Genetic Resources in the Himalayan Region: Present Status and Future Thrust. Pp 87-92 in Buckwheat Genetic Resources in East Asia. IPGRI, Rome.

Arora, R. K., B. K. Baniya, and B. D. Joshi. 1995. Buckwheat Genetic Resources in the Himalayas: Their Diversity, Conservation and Use. Pp 39-46 in Current Advances in Buckwheat Research (T. Matano and A. Ujihara, eds.). Shinshu University Press, Asahi Matsumoto City, Japan.

Baniya, B.K. 1995. Present Status of Buckwheat Genetic Resources in Nepal. Pp 47-54 in Current Advances in Buckwheat Research (T. Matano and A. Ujihara, eds.). Shinshu University Press, Asahi Matsumoto City, Japan.

IBPGR. 1992. International Crop Network Series.6 - Papers of the IBPGR Workshop on Buckwheat Genetic Resources in East Asia, 18-20 September 1991. Tsukuba, Japan. IBPGR, Rome, Italy.

Joshi, B.D. and J.C. Rana. 1995. Collection, Evaluation, Conservation and Utilization of Himalayan Buckwheat Genetic Resources. Pp 109-120 in Current Advances in Buckwheat Research (T. Matano and A. Ujihara, eds.). Shinshu University Press, Asahi Matsumoto City, Japan.

Lin R., M. Zhou, Y. Tao, J. Li and Z. Zhang (eds). 1992. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Buckwheat. Agricultural Publishing House, Beijing, China.

Zhou, M. and R. K. Arora. 1995. IPGRI activities on Buckwheat Genetic Rescues. Pp 71-78 in Current Advances in Buckwheat Research (T. Matano and A. Ujihara, eds.). Shinshu University Press, Asahi Matsumoto City, Japan.

Wang, Z., Z. Zhang, R. Lin and M. Zhou. 1995. Seed protein diversity of buckwheat in China. Pp 405-410 in Current Advances in Buckwheat Research (T. Matano and A. Ujihara, eds.). Shinshu University Press, Asahi Matsumoto City, Japan.

Hao, X. , G. Li, W. Yang, N. Zhou, R. Lin, R. and M. Zhou. 1995. The difference and classification of light reaction of buckwheat under different treatments of light duration - first report of light reaction difference of buckwheat varieties. Pp 541-550 in Current Advances in Buckwheat Research (T. Matano and A. Ujihara, eds.). Shinshu University Press, Asahi Matsumoto City, Japan.

Zhou, N., X. Hao, G. Li, W. Yang, R. Lin and M. Zhou. 1995. Study on some problems concurring the light duration reaction of buckwheat - third report of the light reaction difference of buckwheat varieties. Pp 551-562 in Current Advances in Buckwheat Research (T. Matano and A. Ujihara, eds.). Shinshu University Press, Asahi Matsumoto City, Japan.

Zhao, Z. C., M. Zhou, D. Z. Luo, F. L. Li and J. Cao. 1998. Ethnobotanical investigation of tartary buckwheat in China. Pp 57-64 in Advance in Buckwheat Research (C. Campbell and R. Przybylski, eds.). Winnipeg, Canada.

Yang W., X. Hao, G. Li, N. Zhou, R. Lin and M. Zhou. 1998. Relationship between reproductive growth of common buckwheat and light duration. Pp 44-48 in Advance in Buckwheat Research (C. Campbell and R. Przybylski, eds.). International Buckwheat Research Association, Winnipeg, Canada.

Hao, X., W. Yang, G. Li, N. Zhou, R. Lin and M. Zhou. 1998. Relationship between vegetative growth of common buckwheat and light duration. Pp 49-56 in Advance in Buckwheat Research (C. Campbell and R. Przybylski, eds.). International Buckwheat Research Association, Winnipeg, Canada.

Zhou, M. and Z. Zhang. 1996. Directory of Germplasm Collections – Buckwheat. IPGRI Office for East Asia, Beijing, China.

Zhou, M. and R. K. Arora. 1996. Buckwheat Bibliography. IPGRI Office for East Asia, Beijing, China.

Zhao Zuocheng, Zhou Ming De, Luo Dingze, Li Faliang and Cao Jixing. 1988. Ethnobotanical investigation of in situ conservation of tartary buckwheat in China. Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology 4(4)320-326

IPGRI-APO. 1999. Status report in genetic resources of buckwheat in Asia. IPGRI-APO.

Zhou M., Z. Zhao and G. Shen. 1999. Investigation of in situ conservation of tartary buckwheat in China. Presentation at the International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development, 15-19 Oct. 1999, Kunming, China.

Zhao Zuocheng, Zhou Ming De, Luo Dingze. Genetic diversity and differentiation of cultivated Fagopyrum tataricum populations from three counties in south Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture of Yi Nationality, Sichuan, China. Acta Genetic Sionicaa (In press).