Achievement/ Contribution

Achievements/ Contributions

My major contributions in National Genebank after joining in 2012

1. Establishment of base collection room (long term storage facility) and short term storage facility

2. Establishment of DNA bank and Tissue bank

3. Initiation of molecular lab and in-vitro tissue culture lab

4. Establishment of field genebank and crop specific diversity park

5. Initiation of community seed bank, community genebank, community field genebank

6. Initiation of aqua pond genebank and livestock farm genebank

7. Initiation of School field genebank and Household genebank (household seed bank and household field)

8. Start of Office and Temple gardens (conservation through beatification)

9. Establishment of agro-gene sanctuary

10. Initiation of Insect genebank and Microbial genebank

11. Start of Germplasm rescue and Geographical indication

12. Initiation of Pre breeding, Evolutionary plant breeding, Red zoning and Red listing

13. Start of celebrating national genebank and agrobiodiversity day

14. Registration of native crop landraces and simplification of format for registration of native landraces

15. Development of genebank operational manual

16. Creation of black box facility

17. Documentation of agrobiodversity and development of passport descriptors

18. Agrobiodiversity policy revision and drafting of agrobiodiversity conservation and utilization bill

19. Development of IMISAP (ITPGRFA-MLS strategy and action plan), etc

Before 2014

• Successfully produced F1 seeds (first time in Nepal) between tartary buckwheat using hot water method of emasculation (http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg8bg8xw_56hpmn53hs)
• Established a PAGE system (first time in Nepal) for DNA study
• Used first time in Nepal, leaf number method for estimating flowering days in rice ( http://journals.sfu.ca/nepal/index.php/JIAAS/article/view/749)
• Initiated heterosis study using CMS lines (first time in Nepal) in rice and identified restorer and maintainer lines (http://journals.sfu.ca/nepal/index.php/JIAAS/article/view/370)
• Published first time in the world, descriptors for sponge gourd (https://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/handle/123456789/31459)
• Designed details of Genetic Resources Management Complex and National Gene Bank, NARC, Khumaltar, 2007 http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0ZcPqrj5PdiMzMxNDJhY2QtYzE5Yi00N2MyLTgxMjAtMjlhNjEyMzM3ODg3&hl=en