<P> A Vavilov Center (of Diversity) is a region of the world first indicated by Nikolai Vavilov to be an original center for the domestication of plants . Vavilov developed a theory on the centers of origin of cultivated plants . He stated that plants were not domesticated somewhere in the world at random but there are regions where the domestication started . The center of origin is also considered the center of diversity . </P> <P> Vavilov centers are regions where a high diversity of crop wild relatives can be found, representing the natural relatives of domesticated crop plants . Later in 1935 Vavilov divided the centers into 12, giving the following list: </P> <Ol> <Li> Chinese center </Li> <Li> Indian center </Li> <Li> Indo - Malayan center </Li> <Li> Central Asiatic center </Li> <Li> Persian center </Li> <Li> Mediterranean center </Li> <Li> Abyssinian center </Li> <Li> South American center </Li> <Li> Central American center </Li> <Li> Chilean center </Li> <Li> Brazilian - Paraguayan center </Li> <Li> North American center </Li> </Ol> <Li> Indo - Malayan center </Li>

India is a secondary centre of diversity for