Colocasia (Colocasia esculenta L.) in Northeast India

Northeast India is rich in genetic diversity of horticultural crops and colocasia one the important crops. This region for both cultivated wild species particularly jhum fields, homestead gardens, near water bodies, river banks, forests road sides. Wide range variability observed vegetative characters, corm cormel yield quality characters.  It field as a mixed crop along with paddy other like ginger, chilli, maize, turmeric etc. garden, it cucurbits, King The nutrient gluten free tuber an integral part traditional cuisines ethnic people this region. All plant parts ariod member are edible. Several dishes have been prepared from leaves, petioles tubers. damaged tubers also fed to pig poultry. Recent past, under threat due urbanization, climate change, introduction new crops, pest diseases resulted erosion. conservation these vast gene pool necessary.