Activities

• Exploration, collection and introduction of mulberry and silkworm germplasm.
• Characterisation, classification, preliminary evaluation, national accessioning and cataloguing of germplasm collection for promoting utilization of genetic resources.
• Serve as long-term national repository of sericultural genetic resources.
• Act as nodal agency for registration and reference centre for germplasm resources.
• Play lead role in inter-institutional collaboration for testing / evaluation of germplasm.
• Co-ordinate import and export of genetic resources.
• Serve as the national database and herbarium / display of sericultural genetic resources.
• Promote utilization of germplasm through their supply to needy organizations.
• Impart training in sericultural germplasm resource management.