Some work is done by Dr Hassan munir bajwa from department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan. His PHD work is on Quinoa.

his details can be find from www.uaf.edu.pk

TThank you very much Promila for your email. I agree with you that access to biodiversity for innovation is important but needs trazability in order to share benefits from its utilization (ABS/Nagoya or International Treaty/FAO). Crop Wild Relatives are important source of innovation in agriculture and this genepool is uncharacterized and unexploited. Transparency in knowledge could be the first step for biodiversity regulations. Best regards. Didier

Thank you Fahd Rasul for sharing this contact of Dr Hassan Munir but I'm not sur he's working on CWR, I will send him an email because He's doing experimentation only on quinoa in Pakistan.

If you have publications on that, I'm interested in.

Best regards, Didier

Dear Promila Kapoor,

Thank you for these references of resources person on Chenopods in India.

Could you give me more details about your experiences on Chenopods, in particular about this post and the two associated activities?

Do you have any publications or reports on that, information in a website?

Jul 1981–May 1988

Lecture and Reader

Panjab University, Chandigarh,India

Principal Coordinator of following: 1. Chenopod Centre- of All india Project ,Funded by Indian Council of agricultural research,Inida 1981-988 2. University Grants Commission projects on Population Biology of Chenopodium album Linn.

and also about this one:

Mar 1975– Jun 1981

Assistant Professor

Himachal Pradesh University,Shimla,India ·

Principal Investigator Incharge of Two research projects on Chenopodium species wild, weedy and cultivated species

Could you send me the final reports of these two research projects?

And if we develop, with FAO, a new project on Chenopods in the Himalayas considering their CRW, how should be associated in India for the research?

In genetics, agronomy, anthropology, ethnobotany, ecology, etc.

Best regards

Didier

Dear Bazile

My work is related to the processing of quinoa. For about 20 years I have made the transformation of quinoa grain in instant flour through thermoplastic extrusion process. Today for lack of good quality samples, have not done larger trials with varieties, as in Brazil, there not crops for marketing, although Dr. Carlos Spehar has introduced a variety that I used for this purpose. Currently, in Brazil, there are no plantations of this pseudocereal.

Thank you Jose, I' m already in touch with Dr. Carlos Spehar. BR

There is another scientist who works with Chenopodium  Dr. Eric Jellen from Brigham Young University  U.S.A.

Thank you Cristina, there are so few people working on quinoa's CWR that I think I'm already in touch with all of them...Regards, Didier

Dear Promila Kapoor-Vijay,

Thank you very much for your very helpful inputs.

I agree with you to work closely with farmers if we want to undersand their parctices and to be able to share with them about neglected and underutilized species that are part of their culture. Be part of their families during periods is good way to see, to observe and to share konwledge together about plant biodiversity and on-farm management.

I'm completly convainced that India could be the center of studies on Chenopods for the Himalaya region with associated activities with Nepal, Bhutan and China.

If you are interested in participating with me in that reflexion to generate a project with funds for research, we could exchange by emails outside the researchgate portal.

Best regards,

Didier Bazile

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Considering their biogeography, C. quinoa of South America and C. berlandieri subsp. nuttalliae of Mesoamerica are two related tetraploids. Despite the importance of Chenopodium berlandieri subsp. nuttalliae in Mexico, very little research has been conducted and addressed to understand more this genes complex. Is there anybody in Mexico who's currently working on the links between these two species?

Dear Didier Bazile

I work with molecular cytogenetics (repetitive sequence evolution, genome size etc) and molecular phylogenetics in Chenopodium. Are you interested in this topic?

Best regards

Bożena Kolano

Thanks Bozena for your email, I know your work and collaboration with Rick and Jeff from BYU. Best, Didier

Dear Didier,

We have been doing a study on quinoa relatives in Morroco 10 years ago. Let me summaries the data and get back to you.

Best, Ouafae

Thanks Ouafae, I am very interested in reading your results to discuss with you after. Kind regards. Didier

Bonjour Didier,

Il y aurait une dizaine d'espèces de chenopodium au Maroc. Dans le cadre d'un travail de mémoire, nous en avons collecter six espèces . Nos sorties n'ont pas concerné toutes les régions potentielles. Je suis en court de rassembler les données quand le temps me le permet pour préparer un article. Je t'enverrai bientôt une synthèse sur le travail.

Bien à toi,

Ouafae

Dr. Ángel Mújica from Peru. Researcher on quinua and andean crops.

[email protected]

Merci Ouafae,

Je lirai avec plaisir ce rapport de synthèse pour échnager avec toi sur le sujet.

Bien à toi, Didier

Hello; I am working with their identification and activity.

Hello Edith, me podrias mandar por correo la lista de las especies con las cuales estas trabanjando? y que tipo de activdad esta caracterisando. saludos cordiales, Didier

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I am interested for a program on Chenopodium species. Now I had over 40 varieties of Chenopodium quinoa in China. I hope I can get more. Do you give me some suggestions for the research in China? I think the highland of the northwest China is suitable for their development.

Dear Z.Q. Cai,

To understand more about quinoa adaptation in China, it could be great to develop a review with colleagues from all the last experimentations conducted in the country. I can help you for doing that and publish it after.

BR, Didier

Dear Colleagues,

thanks for all. It s a good interaction about quinoa culture and adaptation. i have one question : Is it normal that I get panicles or seeds like  this form (see attached file)

B.R.

Arafet