State Tissue Culture Centre was established in the year 1994, as then under the State Forest Department, Government of Sikkim, which was later transferred to the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Sikkim along with the existing manpower in 1997. The laboratory since inception is actively working on the protocol development and standardization of protocol of economically important plant species of Sikkim. The species includes the orchids, medicinal plants, bamboo, large cardamom and other rare and endangered species. The laboratory, for the first time in the state, has successfully isolated and cultured cymbidium hybrid “Cymbidium sparkle green” through meristem in 1995 as no private and government laboratory was able to do it till then. The centre has imparted training on orchid tissue culture and orchid cultivation to the rural women of Sikkim and provided with orchid saplings on successful completion.
Tissue Culture Team
Shri. B.C. Basistha - Sr. Scientific Officer
Shri. K.B. Subba - Senior Research Assistant
Mrs. Saroj Lepcha - Lab Attendant
Mrs. Dawa Gyalmu Bhutia - Lab Attendant
Shri. Sanbir Subba - Lab Attendant
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1. Development and standardization of protocol of rare and endangered plant
species of Sikkim Himalayas.
2. Crop improvement of economic plant through genetic manipulation and breeding.
3. Development of suitable agro-technology of important crops of Sikkim.
1. Micropropagation of rare and endangered species of Orchids. Presently, two rare
species of Orchids of Sikkim Himalayas under propagation through meristem
culture namely, Cymbidium whitae and Cymbidium eburneum.
2. Micropropagation of Ginzer (Zingiber officinale) for multiplication and bulblet
development.
3. Nucellar culture of Sikkim Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) and mass multiplication.
4. Micropropagation of large cardamom (Ammomum subulatum).
5. Isolation of Frankia associated with Hippophae and their genetic study.
6. Mass multiplication trial of commercial varieties of Orchids.
7. Development of hardening technology of Citrus, Orchids.
8. Projects on production of quality planting material and their demonstratoin in the
farmer's field.
9. Project on Ecological, genetic diversity study of Hippophae and frankia associated
with it in Sikkim.
10. Project on Patent Information Centre- The centre in working on the GI registration
of Lepcha Hat, Dolley Khursani and Sikkim mandarin.
1. Identification and multiplication of rare plant species of Sikkim Himalayas.
2. Crop improvement of economic plants through genetic manipulation and breeding.
3. Development of suitable agro-technology of important crops of Sikkim.