bsc horticulture in dehradun

Department of Forestry

Name of Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. T.S. Mehra, Head Department of Forestry
Co-PI: Dr. Manisha Rani and Dr. C. S. Sanwal

Title of the Research Project – “Screening selection and cultivation of medicinal plants of heavy demands to uplift the financial status of rural population” Funding Agency: GBPIHED, Kosi Katarmal, Almora-Uttarakhand (Ministry of Environment & Forest, GOI).

Medicinal plants are moving from fringe to mainstream use with a greater number of people seeking remedies and health approaches free from side effects caused by synthetic drugs. As a result of this resurgence of interest in traditional medicines, the demand of raw material has increased manifolds, leading to the unscrupulous collection of medicinal plants from their wild habitat by traders & local collectors. Due to this indiscriminate & unscientific exploitation many such species have become threatened in the wild and large scale cultivation is the only option left for their conservation & sustainable utilization.

During the period list of medicinal plants in high demand in northern India has been prepared. Stevia rebaudina (a medicinal species) and Cymbopogon flexuosus ( an aromatic plant) are being cultivated in the campus after assessing their economic importance. Additionally around 120 local farmers have been registered for cultivation of these two species. Training manuals on agro-techniques of Stevia rebaudiana and Cymbopogon flexoxux have been prepared.

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