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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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