Diversity crop germplasm collected in Dien Bien province

Abstract

Dien Bien is a mountainous border province in Northern Vietnam, with a natural area of ​​9,541.25 km² and home to 19 ethnic groups. The Plant Resources Center has conducted the collection of crop genetic resources in 8 districts and towns of Dien Bien province. The results reached 1,305 samples of 83 plant species, belonging to 58 plant genuses belonging to 24 plant families of 4 main crop groups including Cereal, Legumes, Vegetables and Root tuber Crops. The Cereal goup has the highest number of collected seed samples, with 474 samples while the Vegetable group exhibited the most diversity, encompassing 39 species. Tuan Giao district provided the highest number of collected samples with 376 samples. The H'Mong ethnic group contributed the highest proportion of collected  accounting for 51.3% (670 samples), followed by the samples collected from the Thai ethnic group with 26.78% (350 samples), while the remaining 9 ethnic groups account for 21.29%. Thesecrop genetic resources are play important role in providing the genetic material for breeding as well as for agricultural production.