Mulberry Improvement & Production

VISSION:

Developing qualitatively and quantitatively superior mulberry varieties adaptable to agro-climatic zones of South India.

MISSION:

Evolution of high yielding mulberry varieties adaptable to varied agro-climatic conditions for increasing cocoon productivity and in turn silk production.

MANDATE:

To undertake research projects/ programmes concerning host plant improvement by using Conventional breeding, Genetics, Tissue Culture, Molecular biology, Bioinformatics, Physiological and modern approaches in collaboration with national & international Institutes.
To develop disease resistant and productive mulberry genotypes suitable to serizones of South India.
To develop superior mulberry varieties suitable to moisture stress environments and drought conditions.
To develop superior mulberry varieties by exploitation of hybrid vigour based on molecular diversity of promising parental lines.
To undertake DNA marker aided analysis of mulberry gene bank for sustainable conservation and utilisation in crop improvement.
To undertake and monitor AICEM trails of the South zone.
To act as the progenitor for supply of improved mulberry stocks to the test centres across the country.
To undertake the development of transgenic mulberries for desirable trait utilisation.
To undertake pre and post authorisation trails of improved mulberry varieties.
To maintain breeders seed plots, demonstration plots and germplasm accessions.
To undertake DUS trials to register mulberry varieties with PPV&FRA
To carryout research for developing technologies/ packages for mulberry disease and pest management.
To carryout survey and surveillance of mulberry and pests to develop forewarning systems.
To develop a database of the mulberry diseases.
To up keep of the scientific equipments in the their respective labs.

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