Laboratory/company

Plant species

Remarks

1. Botany Department, Delhi University, Delhi

Flowering plants,
endangered plants

Sponsored by Department of Environment (DOE)

2. Biotechnology Centre,
IARI, New Delhi

Mustard
Rice

Somaclonal variation for yield
From haploids, undergoing trials; also research on genetic engineering

3. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC),
Bombay

Oil palm, sandalwood
Medicinal plants

Oil palm micropropagation; sponsored by DBT
For producing secondary products

4. Cardamom
Research Institute,
Kerala

Cardamom

For domestic market

5. Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow

Medicinal plants, endanged species

Somaclone of lemon grass isolated; sponsored by DOE

6. Deejay Hatcheries, Bangalore

Banana, cardamom

For domestic market

7. Excel India Ltd., Bombay

Orchids

For domestic market

8. EID Parry & Co., Chennai

Sugarcane

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9. Grasim Forest Research Institute, Harihar

Eucalyptus spp., bamboo

For conducting trials

10. National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow

Dioscorea, Populus,
Citrus sp.

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11. National Chemical
Laboratory (NCL), Pune

Cardamom, turmeric,
pomegranate, ginger, sugarcane Turmeric Cotton, papaya Custard, apple Teak, eucalyptus, bamboo Salvadora

Micropropagation for production of somaclones
High curcumin
For sexual hybrids by embryo rescue
Haploids
Pilot-plant facility sponsored by DBT
 

12. National Breau of Plant Genetic Resources
(NBPRG), New Delhi

Economically important crops like timer crops bulbous crops, spices, fruit crops, medicinal and aromatic plants and endangered plant species

Activity at national Facility for Plant Tissue Culture Repository
(NFPTCR); sponsored by DBT

13. North-Eastern Hill
University, Shillong

Pitcher plant

14. P.P. Pocha and Sons, Pune

Ferns, gerberas

For domestic market

15. Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers, Bombay

Orchids, sugarcane

For domestic market

16. Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu

Medicinal plants

For isolation of secondary metabolites

17. Rubber Research Institute, Kerala

Rubber

For their plantations

18. Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation, Madras

Coffee

19. Sugarcane Research Institute, Coimbatore

Sugarcane

Somaclones released

20. Tata Tea Ltd. Kerala

Eucalyptus globules, tea

For their plantations

21. Tata Energy Research Institute**, New Delhi

Brassica Forest trees

Embryo rescue, transformation Pilot-plant facility, sponsored by DBT