Table 1.

Collection and procurement of material from different naturalized and cultivated populations across north western Himalayas.

Place		North	Altitude	Total Ascent	PAR	UV	Temperature
		East	ft		(μmol photons m−2·s−1)	(μmol m−2·s−1)	August-September
Cultivated populations of Oreganum vulgare L.	Tangmarg (Yarikhah)	34°03	8400	2650	12431	78	Max-18
		74°25					Min-11
	Pulwama	34°05	5400	1196	1045	83	Max-24
	(Bonera)	74°38					Min-13
	Sanatnagar	34°90	5426	4,967	1123	112	Max-28
		74°54					Min-14
Wild populations of Oreganum vulgare L.	Churwan	34°38	8027	15345	16821	113.1	Max-15
	(Gurez)	74.51					Min-8
	Kanzalwan	34°38	8000	5277	1600	117	Max-17
	(Gurez)	74°43					Min-10
	Markoot	34°.38	7945	15341	1496	107	Max-18
	(Gurez)	74°57					Min-9
	Izmarg	34°31	7875	15420	1015.7	109.7	Max-20
	(Gurez)	74°41					Min-12
	Dachigam	34°81	9500	1296	1012	104	Max-12
		75°20					Min-6
	Uri	33.83	7861	1431	1298	95	Max-20
		75.30					Min-13
	Yusmarg	34.08	4472	1023	948	73	Max-17
		74.03					Min-9