The DNA fingerprinting and barcoding facility was established to provide fingerprinting services, facilitating the release of varietals from AICRPS centres/ ICAR institutes and state agricultural universities. The facility has identified DNA marker-based technology for establishing the uniqueness of proposed new varieties of spice crops. So far, variety-specific DNA profiles of more than 50 spice varieties of tropical spices, as well as seed spices, were developed using ISSR, SSR, and RAPD markers from this facility.
