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NBRI, Bioinformatics is a Sub DIC under the all-India
network programme BTISNet of Department of Biotechnology’s
(DBT), Govt. of India. and hence on DBT’s approval/ authorization,
CSIR/India has approved NBRI Bioinformatics to act as the National
Node of India for GBIF.
CSIR/ NBRI, Bioinformatics has signed the MOU with GBIF as its Associate Member on 28th July 2003 & NBRI Bioinformatics has been designated to take over responsibilities for India’s representation at GBIF. Dr. S.Kumar, Head, Bioinformatics and NBRI Focal Point & Network Coordinator, IIN-India is heading the GBIF India node. He participated in GB7 held in Tsukuba, Japan from 2-10 October 2003 (Fig.13) and attended training on latest protocols of sharing data on herbarium specimen. Herbarium specimen data will be very useful in corroborating plant information in botanic gardens as per GBIF rules other botanic gardens are welcome to join with GBIF India node and they will be designated as “ Data provider” node of the country. This will allow them to have access to a large amount of data of other partners through GBIF India node operated at NBRI. |
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Nursery management of ornamental plants from different agroclimatic zones of Uttaranchal |
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The newly carved out state of Uttaranchal possesses diverse agroclimatic conditions prevailing in different parts. Horticulture has been recognized as an important segment for the economic growth. Besides other horticulture crops, ornamental crops have been recognized as an extreme focus segment area. Nursery is the foundation of future garden and the efficiency of the garden / orchard to some extent depends on the nursery plants, used for planting for commercial venture. In the recent past, lot of new knowledge and concept has been generated by the researchers in boosting up the nursery production. A variety of propagation structures like greenhouse, hotbeds, cold frame, lath house, net house, plastic tunnel, mist chamber etc. are commonly being used and being modified for their suitability in different agroclimatic regions. Revolution has come in the use of propagation media consisting of organic components, inorganic components, growth regulators, slow releasing fertilizers, moisture conserving compounds, mixture for specific crops, etc that help in better and quicker establishment of nursery plants. A wide range of soil is available in different parts of the state and the site and crop specific soil management practices need to be followed. Botanic garden of PantNagar University is well set to take a lead in this area in Uttaranchal. Dr.
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