Orchid bioresources of North East India - Conservation, database development and information networking

28 Mar 2016
Dr Swapan Kumar Sinha
orchid

The project is one of the efforts for bioresource conservation and utilization for the benefit of mankind and subsequently for developing a market for income generation. The main objectives of this project are:

1. Collection, characterization and ex situ conservation of rare and endangered orchids of North East India

2. NEORCHID - Database development of orchid species and hybrids using bioinformatics tools; and

3. NETORCHID - Information networking amongst orchid growers, research Institutes, enterprises etc.