~ MANDATE/ACTIVITIES ~

 

Mandate

• Exploration, collection, introduction and conservation of all sericultural germplasm.
• National accessioning and registration of sericultural germplasm resources.
• Quarantine and phytosanitory certification of all incoming and out going germplasm resources.
• Characterisation, evaluation and cataloguing of all the sericultural germplasm resources.
• Collaborate inter and intra-organisational research activities pertaining to germplasm.
• Imparting training on germplasm resource management.
• Promotion of germplasm utilisation within the country.
• Co-ordination of inter and intra-state supply and exchange of all sericultural germplasm resources.
• To protect sericultural germplasm resources from extinction and preserve such national heritage for posterity.

 

Activities

• To explore, collect and introduce mulberry and silkworm germplasm.
• To undertake characterisation, classification, preliminary evaluation & cataloguing of germplasm collection for promoting utilisation of genetic resources.
• To serve as the long term National Repository of sericultural genetic resources and national accessioning.
• To act as a nodal agency for registration and reference centre for important germplasm resources.
• To play a lead role in the inter institutional collaboration for screening /testing / evaluation of sericultural germplasm.
• To co-ordinate import and export of genetic resources along with quarantine check pertaining to incoming germplasm and issuing phytosanitory certificate for export of germplasm.
• To serve as the National Data Base and Herbarium/ Display of sericultural genetic resources.
• To supply the germplasm to all needy organizations.
• To impart training in sericultural germplasm resource management.

 

 

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