4.1 High yielding varieties of Opium
Genetic improvement and development of high yielding varieties of opium poppy for
latex and alkaloid and amaranth for vegetable and ornamental. Several varieties
viz. NBRI-1, NBRI-2, BROP-1, NBRI-5, NBRI-6, NBRI-9 and NBRI-10 have been developed
and commercially grown by formers.
4.2 High yielding varieties of grain Amaranth
Genetic upgradation and improvement of grain amaranths for selection and development
of high yielding varieties with superior nutritional quality for industrial use.
4.3 Tissue Culture Protocols developed for commercial cultivation of ornamentals
- Gerbera
Gerbera has tremendous demand in the cut flower market. Tissue culture protocol
for large-scale multiplication of gerbera has been developed.
4.4 Management of Plant chimera
Chimerism is a great problem in ornamentals specially in mutation breeding. Chimeric
new mutant tissues are lost, as they cannot be isolated by available conventional
propagation techniques. A novel technique has been developed for development of
plants from single chimeric through direct regeneration. World Database is also
available on Internet (www.ildis.org).
4.5 Dehydration of ornamental flowers
The technique has tremendous potentiality for employment generation in rural areas,
which is an additional advantage to rural women by providing them with a part time
creative occupation. Demand of dehydration flowers an increasing both in domestic
and international market.
4.6 New ornamental plant varieties through conventional and mutation breeding
About 250 ornamental varieties of gladiolus, etc. have been developed through conventional
and mutation breeding methods. These varieties have tremendous demand in Floriculture
trade.
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