The National Institute of Plant
Genome Research is an autonomous institution aided by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. This Institute has already placed India among the major contributors to plant genomics.
The Institute started to function in the year 1998 with the mandate to undertake, promote and co-ordinate research, train workers and to serve as information resource in identified aspects of plant
genome to build a frontline plant
genomics institution.
NIPGR is poised to contribute towards frontier areas of Plant
Biology such as, Computational Biology,
Genome Analysis and Molecular Mapping, Molecular Mechanism of Abiotic
Stress Responses, Nutritional Genomics, Plant Development and Architecture, Plant Immunity, Molecular Breeding, Transgenics for crop improvement and other emerging areas based on plant genomics.
NIPGR aims to contribute in the achievement of such hopes arising out of the current pace of
genomics research. The research programme aims to contribute to the understanding of the structure, expression and function of genes along with arrangement of genes on plant genomes and manipulation of plant genes / genomes to breed improved varieties of food and industrial crops for high yields and of better quality products.
Last Updated on: Nov 26, 2024