Establishment of Gene Banks

The conservation of the wild medicinal plants or other such threatened species can be tackled by scientific techniques. To conserve these wild species on long term basis, the Department of Bio-technology, Government of India has recently taken the initiative to establish 3 gene banks in the country.

• One is with ICAR at the NBPGR (National Bureau of plant genetic Resources) campus.
• Second is with CIMAPs, (Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants) Luckhnow.
• Third with TBGRI (Tropical Botanical Garden Research Institute) in Thiruvananthapuram.

Agri.
Yellow Pages
Resources
(Bio-Tech)