Address: Central Sericultural Germplasm Resources Centre, P.B. 44, Thally Road, Hosur - 635109, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu, India

Services

Germplasm Registration
Mulberry and Silkworm Germplasm Supply

Indents for Mulberry and silkworm germplasm supply

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Trait specific Mulberry and Silkworm accessions

Training



    Mandate

    Exploration, collection, introduction and conservation of all sericultural germplasm.
    National accessioning and registration of sericultural germplasm resources.
    Quarantine and phytosanitory certification of all incoming and out going germplasm resources.
    Characterisation, evaluation and cataloguing of all the sericultural germplasm resources.
    Collaborate inter and intra-organisational research activities pertaining to germplasm.
    Imparting training on germplasm resource management.
    Promotion of germplasm utilisation within the country.
    Co-ordination of inter and intra-state supply and exchange of all sericultural germplasm resources.
    To protect sericultural germplasm resources from extinction and preserve such national heritage for posterity.

 

    Activities

    To explore, collect and introduce mulberry and silkworm germplasm.
    To undertake characterisation, classification, preliminary evaluation & cataloguing of germplasm collection for promoting utilisation of genetic resources.
    To serve as the long term National Repository of sericultural genetic resources and national accessioning.
    To act as a nodal agency for registration and reference centre for important germplasm resources.
    To play a lead role in the inter institutional collaboration for screening /testing / evaluation of sericultural germplasm.
    To co-ordinate import and export of genetic resources along with quarantine check pertaining to incoming germplasm and issuing phytosanitory certificate for export of germplasm.
    To serve as the National Data Base and Herbarium/ Display of sericultural genetic resources.
    To supply the germplasm to all needy organizations.
    To impart training in sericultural germplasm resource management.