Short-Term Skill Development Training
Program in Biotechnology for Student of
North-East India
On
‘Orchid Propagation’
November 16 – December 15, 2017
Organized by
Institutional Biotech Hub
Department of Botany
Nagaland University,
Lumami-798627
Nagaland, India
Jointly Sponsored by
Biotech Park, Lucknow, UP
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology,
New Delhi
Sponsored
‘Institutional
Biotech Hub, NU, Lumami &
Network project ‘Orchid Bioresources
of the North-East India–
Conservation, Database Development
& Information Networking
Course Contents
Lectures
(1) Plant Tissue Culture Basics; (2) Propagation
of orchids by conventional method; (3) Orchid
Diversity/Types/Uses; (4) Orchids and bioeconomy.;
(5) Orchid tissue culture techniques;
(6) Low cost tissue culture technique.
Hands on Session
1. Processing of materials for potting mix.
2. Preparation of potting mix for different types
of orchids.
3. Techniques of macropropagation/
conventional propagation of different types
of orchids.
4. Orchid hanging techniques.
5. Preparation of medium/media for green pod
culture.
6. Green pod cultures (start to end)
7. Processing of low cost substrata for agar alternatives.
8. Initiation of culture on alternative substrata.
9. One-step hardening technique of tissue culture
raised plants.
10. Transplantation of regenerates and maintenance
in poly-house.
Note: First week of the training will be spent on orientation
and rest of the time for laboratory work. All
trainees will be required to make brief presentation at
the end of the training.
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