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Micro propagation /Tissue Culture |
| Department of National Botanic Gardens was the first institution to establish a Micro propagation laboratory in Sri Lanka. Research and routine plant tissue culture production on floricultural plants are undertaken at this laboratory. Following are the major activities of this laboratory. | | | Routine production of plants for commercial purposes. | | | Orchid hybrids (seed culture) | | | Orchid, Anthurium mericlorning |
| Tissue culture protocol development for multiplication and regeneration of rare and endangered plant species
| | | | | Ex:- | Exacum spp. Memoecylon ceylanicum Cryptocoryne spp. Acrotrema spp. Impatience spp. Didymocarpus humboldtianus Osbekia spp. Anoectochiles setaceus Keudrickia walkeri |  | |  | | | | | | | | | A monthly training program on tissue culture with theory and practical demonstration is conducted for a duration of 05 days for individuals interested in initiating a tissue culture facility of their own. | | Demonstrations on tissue culture for school children. | | | | Conduct undergraduate and postgraduate research projects |
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Floriculture