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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 E mail:

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

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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

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17 Hairy Root Cultures

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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


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