Naming of traditional rice varieties by farmers in the Lao PDR

摘要: The Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)jointly collected rice germplasm in PDR between 1995 and2000. Among 13192 samples collected, there are 3169 distinctvariety names. Sometimes, same variety is called by differentnames different ethnic groups; furthermore clearly differentvarieties have name. farmers assign names to traditionalvarieties that relate production ecosystem, endosperm type,and maturity. name also often indicates a variety'sparticular morphological features or other unique characteristics.Varieties named for plants, flowers, fruits animals.Resistance tolerance commonly occurring stress factors likedrought, floods, lodging, birds, weeds adaptation soils arealso reflected some Use this informationcan help select improvement.