Tropical Botanical Garden And Research Institute
"Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute", (formerly Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute) (TBGRI) renamed in the fond memory of visionary Prime Minister of India Shri Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is an autonomous Institute established by the Government of Kerala on 17 November 1979 at Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala. It functions under the umbrella of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment (KSCSTE), Government of Kerala. The Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew played an exemplary and significant role in shaping and designing the lay out of the TBGRI garden in its formative stages.
The Institute undertakes research in conservation biology, Biotechnology, plant taxonomy, microbiology, phytochemistry, ethnomedicine and ethnophamacology, which are the main areas considered to have immediate relevance to the development of the garden. While taxonomists prepared a flora of the garden documenting the native plant wealth before mass introduction and face lift which subsequently followed, the bio-technologists mass multiplied plants of commercial importance, especially orchids for cultivation and distribution to the public.
TBGRI makes a comprehensive survey of the economic plant wealth of Kerala, to conserve, preserve and sustainably utilise the plant wealth. The institute carries out botanical, horticultural and chemical research for plant improvement and utilization; and offers facilities for the improvement of ornamental plants and propagation in the larger context of the establishment of nursery and flower trade. The cultivation and culturing of plants of India/other countries with comparable climatic condition for the economic benefit of Kerala/India is also taken care. Activities to help botanical teaching and to create public understanding of the value of plant research is initiated by TBGRI. TBGRI gardens medicinal plants, ornamental plants and various introduced plants of economic or aesthetic value. TBGRI also serves as a source of supply of improved plants which are not readily available from other agencies.
Scientific researches on plant wealth are pursued through the following Divisions:
1. Garden Management, Education, Information and Training
2. Plant Genetic Resources
3. Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
4. Conservation Biology
5. Ethnomedicine and Ethnopharmacology
6. Phytochemistry and Phytopharmacology
7. Plant Systematics and Evolutionary Sciences
Read more about Tropical Botanical Garden And Research Institute: The Major Achievements of TBGRI At A Glance, The Objectives of TBGRI, Phytochemistry Division
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