CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology picks 15 research fields for rare medicinal plants

JORHAT: The CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST) has selected fifteen experimental research fields in northeast India for cultivation of rare and endangered species of medicinal plants.
Of the total, five are in Assam, four in Arunachal Pradesh, and one each in Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura.
In a press communique issued here on Friday, CSIR-NEIST director G Narahari Sastry said they have selected the research fields and works are on. He said the institute is presently working for identification, domestication and cultivation of rare and endangered species of medicinal plants.
“This is a project to sustain the modern pharmaceutical industries and for sustenance of India’s strong traditional system of medicines,” he said.
The crucial factors of this plan include breeding of new plant varieties, identification of stable performance through multilocational trials, integration of modern science along with market and industrial application potential.