TABLE
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Table 7.7. Number of agricultural
germplasm conserved in the gene bank at Chitedze
| Crop Species |
1993
|
1994
|
1997
|
| Sorghum, Sorghum
bicolor |
17
|
101
|
43
|
| Wild rice,
Oryza barthii |
0
|
0
|
32
|
| Wild rice,
Oryza longistraminata |
0
|
0
|
319
|
| Wild rice,
Oryza punctata |
0
|
0
|
3
|
| Velvet beans,
Stizolobium aterrimum |
0
|
9
|
0
|
| Rice, Oryza
sativa |
7
|
6
|
7
|
| Pearl millet,
Pennisetum glaucum |
1
|
42
|
5
|
| Cow peas, Vigna
unguicalata |
1
|
61
|
36
|
| Peas, Pisum
sativum |
2
|
3
|
0
|
| Maize, Zea
mays |
36
|
92
|
67
|
| Groundnuts,
Arachis hypogea |
0
|
5
|
38
|
| Hyacinth beans,
Lablab purpureus |
0
|
15
|
0
|
| Finger millet,
Eleusine corocana |
0
|
17
|
19
|
| Green gram,
Vigna radiate |
2
|
7
|
1
|
| Sweet potato |
0
|
0
|
71
|
| Cassava |
0
|
0
|
76
|
| Sugar cane |
0
|
0
|
94
|
| Pigeon peas,
Cajanus cajan |
1
|
14
|
0
|
| Beans, Phaseolus
vulgaris |
18
|
13
|
28
|
| Castor, Ricinus
comrnunis |
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Bambara nuts,
Vigna subterranea |
26
|
17
|
23
|
| Lima beans,
Phascolus lunatus |
2
|
1
|
7
|
| Sesame, Sesamum
indicum |
1
|
5
|
0
|
| Small prickly
cucumber, Cucumis anguria |
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Yam, Dioscorea
spp |
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Total |
202
|
473
|
274
|
Source: Chitedze Research Station
Unpublished Reports (1993-96)
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