Laboratory/company

Plant species

Remarks

1. Bio- Tissue Culture Lab, Hyderabad

Pomegranate*, banana, etc.

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2. Harrison’s Malayalam Ltd, Bangalore (RPG Group)

Vegetable crops (application, including micropropagation)

Biotechnology laboratory for micropropagation and other aspects of tissue culture with foreign collaboration

3. Hindustan Lever, Bombay

Cardamom, sugarcane

For domestic market and trials

4. Indo American Hybrid Seeds, Bangalore

Banana, foliage and flowering plants, cardamom, etc

For domestic and export market

5. Nath Seeds Aurangabad

Ornamentals. etc.

Foreign collaboration for domestic and export market

6. Padumjee Pulp and Paper Mills. Ltd., Pune

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A commercial lab has been set up

7. Reliance Co. India, Pune

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A commercial lab has been set up

8. A.V. Thomas and Co., Cochin

Banana, foliage and flowering plants, cardamom*, orchids

For domestic and export market; a lab to conduct research on different aspects of biotechnology has been set up

9. Tree Tech Corporation, Haryana

Tree species

Foreign collaboration

10. Unicorn Biotech, Hyderabad

Cardamom*, ornamentals, banana

Foreign collaboration