Facilities
National Diagnostics for determination of virus
On February 6, 2004 through a Gazette notification by the Govt. of India, IHBT has been recognized as a centre for testing tissue culture raised plants against viruses in floriculture crops. The facility can be availed by the interested parties to get their micropropagated plants certified.
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Pesticide residue analysis
IHBT has a Nationally recognized facility to test pesticide residues in tea and herbal products. The lab is equipped with sophisticated instruments and novel protocols are in place to undertake the testing. The facility can be availed to test pesticide level in desired products.
GIS facility
IHBT has established Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing facility. The lab has hardware like computers, plotter, scanner and software like Erdas Image 8.6, Arc GIS 8.3 etc. The facility can be availed by government organizations and national bodies to know the Landscape element types and assess the land use/ forest covers of the desired area.
Other facilities
The soil analysis is
undertaken on request Quantitative and Qualitative Estimation of
Essential Oils and analyses of Active
Ingredients of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Analysis of Pesticide
Residues and Identification of Pesticide Metabolites
Virus Indexing of
Ornamental Plants
The expertise and
computation facility can be availed for creation of databases Institute of
Himalayan Bioresource Technology,Post Box No. 6 Palampur (H.P.) 176061 INDIA Tel:
+91-1894-230742-43 Fax: +91-1894-230433
E-mail:director@ihbt.res.in