Micropropagation / 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. 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
Activities
Following are the major activities of this laboratory.
- Exacum spp.
- Memoecylon ceylanicum
- Cryptocoryne spp.
- Acrotrema spp.
- Impatience spp.
- Didymocarpus humboldtianus
- Osbekia spp.
- Anoectochiles setaceus
- Keudrickia walkeri
Contact us for more details
(+94) 081 238 8238