Characterization and Consolidation of Hippophae Genetic Resources and Propagation of Elite Genotypes for Varietal Evaluation

The main objectives of this project are:

Establishment of localized nurseries of Hippophae accessions for each region for 2 years;

One thousand Hippophae accessions from different regions to be consolidated at germplasm resource centre;

Maintenance of germplasm resource centre;

Descriptor records for fruit characters need to be completed for all the female accessions;

Revival of Hippophae accessions from Uttarakhand;

Standardization of raising soft wood cuttings in nursery;

Genetic diversity analysis of Hippophae at the National level.