1. Techniques in commercial cultivation, preservation and scientific harvesting of herbs and Medicinal plants
  Prof. (Dr.) G. M. Nair
Director
Tropical Botanic Garden &Research Institute
Thiruvananthapuram
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2. India is one among the 12 Megabiodiversity centres
India Possesses 2 Hotspots which are repositories of maximum biodiversity
(EH and WG)
Maximum phytodiversity and endemism
Documentation
Conservation
Sustainable utilization

3. Conservation
In situ conservation
Ex situ Conservation

4. In situ Conservation
Biosphere Reserves
National Parks
Sanctuaries

5. Ex situ conservation Gene Pool Centres Conservation parks
Botanic Gardens
Field Gene Bank
In vitro gene Bank
Cryo bank
Seed Bank
DNA Bank

6. Quality Planting Materials
Elite genotypes
Hybrids
Agrotechniques
Chemical Fingerprinting

7. Techniques in Commercial Cultivation
Seeds
Cuttings
Layering
Grafting
Budding
In vitro multiplication (Tissue Culture)

8. Micropropagation

10. Callus

11. Hypericum hookerianum:
Multiple shoots induced from in vitro derived nodal explants

12. H. hookerianum:
In vitro multiplied shoot cultures

13. H. hookerianum
Induced red pigmentation in the in vitro shoot cultures

14. H. hookerianum:
Red pigmented callus cultures

15. Normal Root Cultures

17. Hairy Root Cultures

24. Scientific Harvesting
Harvesting only needed parts
Plants to be left for natural seed production
Reintroduction/restoration
Raw material storage
GMP

25. Labeling Quality Assurance “Made in Kerala” organic non-polluted
based on TK …….!!

26. Thank you