Research Highlights
Floriculture
This Institute has earned the reputation as a ‘driving
forceÂ’ for the development of floriculture industry in the region. The
Institute organised several training programmes and demonstrations to
create awareness and interest among farmers to adopt floriculture as a
profitable business. As a result of these efforts, presently there are
over 1000 flower growers and about 40 Flower growerÂ’s
Co-operatives operating in the state and doing business more than 5
crores annually.
The Institute is given credit for domestication and introduction of
some high value ornamental like Tulips, Bird of paradise, double tube
rose, etc in the region. It has also popularized low cost green
houses for floriculture trade.
Gladiolus breeding has resulted in development of ten varieties
with attractive colours (patented in USA). Quality plating materials of Lilies, carnation,
chrysanthemum, alestroemeria,gladiolus, tuberose etc
are generated and provided to farmers at an affordable rates.
Work is being carried to develop integrated disease management practices against soil
borne pathogens.
Extension work has been done in the area of viral diagnostics from ornamentals. The institute has also developed virus free lilies. ELISA based Viral diagnostic kits have developed for detection of bean yellow mosaic virus from commercial crops.
IHBT completed the nucleotide sequencing of an Indian isolate of Carnation mottle virus (CarMV) and carnation etched ring virus.
Under National Facility for the certification of the Ornamental crops
Diagnostics (ELISA/PCR/NASH) for following viruses are available:
Alstroemeria Carlavirus, Alstroemeria mosaic potyvirus, Alstroemeria
tospovirus, Asparagus virus 1, Asparagus virus2, Asparagus virus3,
Apple mosaic virus, Arabis mosaic virus, Bean yellow mosaic virus
(Gladiolus, Iris), Calanthae mild mottle virus, Chilli vein banding
virus, Cucumber mosaic virus (Alstroemeria, Chrysanthemum,
Gladiolus, Lily, Gerbera strains), Carnation mottle virus, Carnation
etched ring virus, Carnation vein mottle virus, Carnation latent
virus, Carnation necrotic fleck virus, Carnation ringspot virus,
Chrysanthemum virus B, Chrysanthemum aspermy virus, Chrysanthemum stunt
viroid, Cymbidium mosaic virus, Dasheen mosaic virus, Iris mild
mosaic virus, Iris severe mosaic virus, Lily mottle virus, Lily
symptomless virus, Odontoglossum ringspot virus, Ornithogalum mosaic
virus, Narcissus late season yellows virus, Peanut stripe potyvirus,
Potato virus Y, Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (Rose, Gladiolus and
Begonia), Strawberry latent ringspot virus (Lily and rose strains),
Tobacco rattle virus, Tobacco ringspot virus, Tobacco mosaic virus, Tubrose poty
virus and Tulip breaking virus.
IHBT has submitted a number of sequences to GenBank. Detail
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