At PGRC molecular characterization is being undertaken to ensure legal rights or intellectual property rights (IPR) over geographical indicator crops (GIs) and also to reduce duplication of germplasm. Till now molecular characterization of 485 germplasm of different field and fruit crops have been completed.
These are as follows:
Mung bean- 42
Eggplant- 75
Grass pea- 25
Maize- 24
Lentil- 6
Chilli- 140
Mustard-25
Guava- 33
Muskmelon- 96 and
Mango- 19