Conservation Of Plant Genetic Resources For Rare And Endangered Species In Turkey

Plants in the world are used as food supply for human and animals. Many plants are utilized as pharmaceutical and industrial purposes, too.  Human activities and natural phenomenon can cause some of the plants near to extinct. Therefore, the extincted species, which are consumed by human will be lesser than today and people can face with starvation in the future. Thus, the conservation of plant genetic resources isbeing carried out today. In this review we have focused onthe rare and endangered plant species and their conservation by ex-situ and in-situmethodshighlighting the plants’ varieties from Turkey.