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Vavilov proposed 8 centers of origin for cultivated plants based on his extensive travels and research collecting crop plants and their wild relatives. The centers included: 1) Chinese, 2) Himalayan, 3) Mediterranean, 4) Abyssinian, 5) Central Asian, 6) Asia Minor, 7) Central American, and 8) South American. Each center included endemic plant species that likely originated there. However, modern understanding has pointed to some limitations in Vavilov
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- Chandra Sekhar Karana
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