Genetic resources of arid fruit crops have not been given
desired attention due to their comparatively less commercial
importance and limited research on genetic improvement
of cultivars. Opening of the world markets and
development of new biotechnological methods of genetic
modifications in high value commercial fruits would further
keep the attention away from these traditional arid
fruit crops leading to great loss in genetic diversity. The
genetic resources of Phyllanthus emblica are well adapted
to the stressed arid ecosystem having high potential for
mitigating inevitable climate change scenario, and hence
need immediate attention