Consultancies and Services Offered
About the Organisation
The Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bangalore, established in 1967, is the largest institute in South East Asia engaged in research on all basic and applied aspects of horticulture.
The Institute has over 200 scientists across diverse disciplines, many trained abroad in advanced laboratories, supported by strong infrastructure and research facilities. It has substations at Chettalli (Kodagu), Hirehalli (Tumkur, Karnataka) and Bhubaneswar (Odisha).
IIHR houses ultra-modern facilities for basic research and has been declared as a Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Post Harvest Technology by ICAR. The Institute now extends its consultancy and services to institutions, industries and individuals to promote public-private partnerships.
Activity Profile
The Institute conducts research on fruits, vegetables, ornamental plants, aromatic and medicinal plants, and mushrooms in the following areas:
- Breeding for high yield, quality and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses
- Field techniques for achieving high marketable yield in normal and problematic soils
- Integrated pest and disease management
- Nutrient and water management
- Weed management
- Pesticide residue management
- New product formulations
- Conservation, enrichment and exchange of plant genetic resources
- Applied research in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
- Advanced research in Biotechnology including tissue culture
- Fabrication of horticultural machinery and transport evaluation
- Economic analysis of production and marketing
- Software/database development and statistical analysis
- Impact studies on training programmes and technology transfer
Recognition
- Centre of Excellence in Horticulture – UNDP
- Advanced Centre for Research in Post-Harvest Technology – USAID
- Focal Centre for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Management Research
- Advanced Training Centre – World Bank
- Post Graduate Research Centre – Multiple Universities
Services Offered
Consultancy Services
- Establishment and maintenance of fruit, vegetable, ornamental, medicinal and aromatic crop orchards
- Cultivation of medicinal and aromatic crops for industrial use
- Macro and micronutrient management including fertigation
- Eco-friendly pest, weed and disease management
- Mass multiplication of planting material through tissue culture
- Mass rearing of bio-control agents
- Mass production of bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides
- Horticulture in problematic and degraded soils
- Management of physiological disorders in crops
- Extension of shelf life for fruits and vegetables
- Methods to extend vase life of cut flowers
- Economic analysis and case studies of horticultural products
- Development of customized horticultural software
- Setting up of raisin production facilities
- Establishment of mushroom production units
- Setting up plant tissue culture laboratories and facilities
