BRIC-NIPGR is an autonomous research institute funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. It operates under the autonomous Body - Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC). BRIC-NIPGR focuses on high-quality plant biology research and is also involved in training the next generation of plant biologists. Apart from engaging in basic research, the discoveries made in this institute have translation values and wider implication for crop improvement.
Plant flavonols, a group pf widely distributed and
diverse plant pigments, act primarily as UV absorbers, reactive oxygen species (ROS)
scavengers, and phytoalexins, and they contribute to biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in
plants. Banana (Musa acuminata),
Feedback inhibition loops are frequent in amino acid
biosynthetic pathways to tightly regulate the accumulation of the end products. Greater
knowledge of these mechanisms is important for understanding metabolic networks and should
find application with plant breeders, for example, to avoid limitations on the production of
amino acids essential for humans in crop plants.
SAATVIK: A new superior climate smart drought tolerant
high - yielding chickpea variety developed by NIPGR is notified for release by the Central
Variety Release Committee, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, GoI.
Plants require phosphate (Pi) for proper growth and development but often face scarcity of this vital nutrient in the soil. Pi starvation triggers membrane lipid remodeling to utilize the membrane phospholipid-bound Pi in plants. In this process, phospholipids are replaced by non-Pi-containing galactolipids (monogalactosyldiacylglycerol, MGDG; digalactosyldiacylglycerol, DGDG) and sulfolipids.
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The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the proposal
‘BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment and Employment) Policy for Fostering High
Performance Biomanufacturing’ of the Department of Biotechnology.
The 5-days Workshop on Plant Metabolomics: Sample
preparation to Data processing using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) will
be held at Metabolomics Facility, BRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research
(NIPGR), New Delhi from May 05-09, 2025. This workshop aims to bring together and train
researchers on Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and provide a deeper
understanding of the instrument.