Research Strategies

Research Strategies

Crop Improvement

• Introduction of superior germplasm.
• Germplasm enhancement for quality and high yield.
• Identification of high quality and high yielding genotypes.
• Studies of floral biology and breeding behaviour.
• Search for source of resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses.
• G x E interaction to identify best location for best performance.
• Ex-situ conservation of medicinal plants in field gene bank.

Crop Production

• Basic research for developing good agricultural practices (GAP) in medicinal and Aromatic plants taking into account individual location and species.
• Developing integrated crop management module including integrated nutrient, water and pest management protocols.
• Biosynthetic pathway of secondary metabolites production.
• Developing organic farming system.

Quality Management

• Monitoring of pesticide residue and heavy metal contamination in the market produce/sources.
• Monitoring of quality of raw drug material available in the market.
• Fixing of quality standard of raw drug material.
• Developing chemical finger printing for individual species to avoid adulteration.
• Developing a referral laboratory.

Crop Protection

• Standardisation and development of integrated pest management (for both disease and insect pest).
• Developing forecasting models.

Biotechnology

• Micropropagation of species which have multiplication problem.
• Use of marker assisted breeding for varietal development.
• Use of molecular markers for detection of adulterations in raw drug trading.
• Developing different molecular techniques for genetic finger printing to protect IPR.
• Studies on biosynthetic pathways of biomolecules and their genetic regulation systems.

Post Harvest Management

• Development of post harvest management system.
• Development of storage technology for reducing post harvest loses.
• Limited product development for food supplement and nutraceutical.