The Institute research farm
of about 36.5 ha area, has 33 plots of different host plants and is used
for conducting various types of experiments. The experimental farm has
1540 nos. host trees of S. oleosa (museum), 2840 nos. trees of Butea
monosperma (palas), 1351 nos. Z. mauritiana (ber) and 8695 nos. minor host
trees.
The Institute
holds collection belonging to about 50 species of lac hosts. They include
a number of collections of the major lac hosts, palas, ber and kusum as
well as exotic host species.
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A plot of
kusum on the farm |