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The distribution area of Poulard wheat (Triticum turgidum Desf.)

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Author:

The GIS-expert N.V. Terekhina

Date of creation:

17.08.2005

Scale:

1:20,000,000.

Accuracy of map:

Map was created using a map of the gardens of the USSR with the scale of 1:20,000,000.

The projection:

"Alber's Equal Area Conic for Russia", 9, 1001, 7, 100, 0, 44, 68, 0, 0.

Basic contents:

Vector maps: Areas of continuous cultivation are represented by polygons.

Accuracy of qualifier:

Maps were created on the base of generalized information about species distribution from published sourses (accuracy till regions).

Mapping procedure:

The distribution area map was created using published data (Tulupnikov, 1960; State, 1994, 2004). The distribution area within the former USSR covers the Lower Volga regions (Samara, Volgograd, Rostov), Moldova, Krasnodar and Stavropol krais, the Northern Caucasus, Transcaucasia (Azerbaijan, Georgia), Kazakhstan, the republics of Central Asia, Altai, and Eastern Siberia (Dorofeev & Korovina, 1979; Bujukli, 1983; http://www.gossort.com/xrcts/xrct_1.html#8602581 ).

Sources of data:

Buyukli P.I. 1983. Winter durum wheat. Kishinev: Shiintsa, 223 p.
Dorofeev V.F., Korovina O.N., eds. 1979. Cultural flora of the USSR. Vol. 1. Wheat. Leningrad: Kolos, 348 p.
State List of Selection Achievements, Admitted to Use. 1994. Moscow.
State List of Selection Achievements, Admitted to Use. 2004. Moscow.
Tulupnikov A.I., ed. 1960. Atlas of agriculture of the USSR. Moscow: GUGK, 309 p.
http://www.gossort.com/xrcts/xrct_1.html#8602581

Right and copyright:

Copyright on the map and its description belongs to the author.
© N.V. Terekhina
Photo © Henriette Kress, http://www.henriettesherbal.com