Lead Centre : INDIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESINS AND GUMS

   NAMKUM, RANCHI - 834 010

 

   Email : iinrg.ranchi@gmail.com

   

 
     
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Sl. No.

Name of the Network Centre

Role of the Centre

1.

Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums (IINRG), Ranchi (Jharkhand)

  • Plan, guide, coordinate and report.

  • Liaise with cooperating centers and the Council regarding budget requirements and its monitoring.

  • To provide training on collection and conservation of lac insects to the resource persons of the cooperating centers.

  • To provide know-how on lac cultivation technologies on plantation scale.

  • Strengthen existing Lac Insect Field Gene Bank of National Lac Insect Germplasm Center of the Institute.

  • Molecular characterization of conserved populations at initiation and periodically for fidelity

2.

Shere-Kashmir University of Agriculture and Technology, Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir)

To carry out in phased manner, the following activities in the Humid Western Himalayan Region:

  • Conduct survey of the area for lac insects and host plants

  • Collect and conserve lac insects under ex-situ conditions

  • Carry out on-farm trials on lac cultivation technologies

  • Training of adopted / selected farmers in collaboration with IINRG for in-situ conservation

  • Conduct need based location specific studies on lac insects and / or host-plants

3.

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat (Assam)

To carry out in phased manner, the following activities in Humid Bengal - Assam Basin Region:

  • Conduct survey of the area for lac insects and host plants

  • Collect and conserve lac insects under ex-situ conditions

  • Carry out on-farm trials on lac cultivation technologies

  • Training of adopted / selected farmers in collaboration with IINRG for in-situ conservation

  • Conduct need based location specific studies on lac insects and / or host-plants

4.

Central Agricultural University, Imphal (Manipur)

To carry out in phased manner, the following activities in Humid Eastern Himalayan Region and Bay Islands Region:

  • Conduct survey of the area for lac insects and host plants

  • Collect and conserve lac insects under ex-situ conditions

  • Carry out on-farm trials on lac cultivation technologies

  • Training of adopted / selected farmers in collaboration with IINRG for in-situ conservation

  • Conduct need based location specific studies on lac insects and / or host-plants

5.

Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab)

To carry out in phased manner,  the following activities in Sub-humid Sutlej-Ganga Alluvial Plains Region:

  • Conduct survey of the area for lac insects and host plants

  • Collect and conserve lac insects under ex-situ conditions

  • Carry out on-farm trials on lac cultivation technologies

  • Training of adopted / selected farmers in collaboration with IINRG for in-situ conservation

  • Conduct need based location specific studies on lac insects and / or host-plants

6.

Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad (Telangana)

To carry out in phased manner, the following activities in Sub-humid to Humid Eastern and South-eastern Uplands Region:

  • Conduct survey of the area for lac insects and host plants

  • Collect and conserve lac insects under ex-situ conditions

  • Carry out on-farm trials on lac cultivation technologies

  • Training of adopted / selected farmers in collaboration with IINRG for in-situ conservation

  • Conduct need based location specific studies on lac insects and / or host-plants

7.

Maharana Pratap Agricultural University, Udaipur (Rajasthan)

To carry out in phased manner,  the following activities in Arid Western Plains Region:

  • Conduct survey of the area for lac insects and host plants

  • Collect and conserve lac insects under ex-situ conditions

  • Carry out on-farm trials on lac cultivation technologies

  • Training of adopted / selected farmers in collaboration with IINRG for in-situ conservation

  • Conduct need based location specific studies on lac insects and / or host-plants

8.

State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)

To carry out in phased manner, the following activities in Semi-arid Lava Plateau and Central Highlands Region:

  • Conduct survey of the area for lac insects and host plants

  • Collect and conserve lac insects under ex-situ conditions

  • Carry out on-farm trials on lac cultivation technologies

  • Training of adopted / selected farmers in collaboration with IINRG for in-situ conservation

  • Conduct need based location specific studies on lac insects and / or host-plants

9.

Kerala Forest Research Institute, Thrissur (Kerala)

To carry out in phased manner, the following activities in Humid to Semi-arid Western Ghats and Karnataka Plateau Region:

  • Conduct survey of the area for lac insects and host plants

  • Collect and conserve lac insects under ex-situ conditions

  • Carry out on-farm trials on lac cultivation technologies

  • Training of adopted / selected farmers in collaboration with IINRG for in-situ conservation

  • Conduct need based location specific studies on lac insects and / or host-plants

 

 
     
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