Biocultural vulnerability of traditional crops in the Indian Trans Himalaya

Traditional agricultural landscapes are vital reservoirs of biocultural heritage and agrobiodiversity, yet traditional farming systems and their unique crop landraces face increasing marginalization and genetic erosion. Using northwest Himalaya as a case study, we examine the ecological resilience and genetic diversity of an understudied traditional crop, black pea (scientific name unclear), alongside barley (Hordeum vulgare), and compare them to the introduced cash crop, green pea (Pisum sativum L.). Participatory field experiments with local farmers revealed that traditional crops outperform introduced varieties in survival and reproduction traits across sites. We generate the first whole-genome sequencing data for black peas. Clustering and nutritional analyses highlight black pea’s genetic richness and dietary potential. Our findings underscore the importance of integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge with ecological science to sustain agrobiodiversity, enhance climate resilien..., The crop dataset was collected during March-Sep 2023 during the cropping season for survival and growth performance of the three different crops. The data was collated and compared on those performance metrics. The genetic dataset was collected from paper: 
Tao Yang et al. “Improved pea reference genome and pan-genome highlight genomic features and evolutionary characteristics”. Nature genetics 54.10 (2022), pp. 1553–156
This was compared with our whole genome sequencing data. We want to note that the whole genome sequencing data generated for the black pea as part of this study has been deposited on NCBI - BioSample accession SAMN44380099.
The genetic analysis consists of the following files. The files are the covariance matrices for each of the 7 chromosomes for black peas. They can be read in R using the read.table() function with the header as False since the file is a matrix with 18 rows and 18 columns. 
    Pea_n18_NC_066579.covar    Pea_n18..., , # Biocultural vulnerability of traditional crops in the Indian Trans Himalaya

**Overview of data**

This dataset is for our research examining the ecological and genomic variation of traditional crop species- black pea, and barley, cultivated across Indian Trans-Himalaya. The field study was conducted in March-September 2023 to evaluate the growth performance of three crop species: green peas, black peas, and barley. The field experiment was carried at three sites characterized: low (4000m), mid (4200m), and high (4500m) elevations. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with a factorial arrangement, incorporating three factors: crop species, water treatments, and elevation levels. Each treatment combination was replicated three times, and thus a total of 81 plots were monitored. The seeds were sown uniformly across all plots and spacing was determined by interacting with farmers. The sowing density for green pea was lower than black pea seeds since black pea seeds ar...,

传统农业景观是生物文化遗产（biocultural heritage）与农业生物多样性（agrobiodiversity）的核心宝库，然而传统耕作体系及其独特的作物地方品种（crop landraces）正面临日益加剧的边缘化与遗传侵蚀风险。本研究以喜马拉雅西北部为案例区，针对一种尚未得到充分研究的传统作物——黑豌豆（black pea，学名暂未明确）与大麦（*Hordeum vulgare*，普通大麦）的生态韧性与遗传多样性展开探究，并将其与引入型经济作物青豌豆（*Pisum sativum* L.）进行对比分析。农户参与式田间试验结果显示，在所有试验点位中，传统作物的存活与繁殖性状均优于引入品种。本研究首次获取了黑豌豆的全基因组测序数据。通过聚类分析与营养成分分析，凸显黑豌豆具备丰富的遗传多样性与良好的膳食开发潜力。本研究结果强调，将传统生态知识与生态科学相结合，对于维持农业生物多样性、提升气候韧性具有关键意义[原文此处存在截断]。作物数据集采集于2023年3月至9月的作物生长季，用于评估三种作物的存活与生长表现。研究人员基于上述性能指标对数据集进行了整理与对比分析。遗传数据集源自以下文献：Tao Yang等. 《优化的豌豆参考基因组与泛基因组揭示基因组特征与演化特性》. *Nature Genetics*, 2022, 54(10): 1553–1556。本研究将该数据集与自身生成的全基因组测序数据进行了对比分析。在此需说明：本研究中生成的黑豌豆全基因组测序数据已提交至NCBI数据库，生物样本登录号为SAMN44380099。遗传分析包含以下文件：这些文件为黑豌豆7条染色体各自的协方差矩阵，可在R语言中使用read.table()函数读取；因文件为18行×18列的矩阵，故需将header参数设为False。 Pea_n18_NC_066579.covar Pea_n18..., , # 印度跨喜马拉雅地区传统作物的生物文化脆弱性
**数据集概览**
本数据集服务于针对印度跨喜马拉雅地区种植的传统作物（黑豌豆与大麦）的生态与基因组变异研究。田间试验于2023年3月至9月开展，用于评估青豌豆、黑豌豆与大麦三种作物的生长表现。田间试验设置了三个海拔点位：低海拔（4000米）、中海拔（4200米）与高海拔（4500米）。试验采用随机区组设计结合析因安排，共包含三个因子：作物种类、水分处理与海拔梯度。每个处理组合重复三次，共计监测81个试验小区。所有试验小区的播种均保持一致，株行距通过与农户沟通确定。青豌豆的播种密度低于黑豌豆，原因在于黑豌豆种子[原文此处存在截断]。