Medicinal And Aromatic Plants Association Of India

 'Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association of India’. The aim and objects for which the Society is established are as under: To promote and cultivate an atmosphere for the advancement of research on all aspects of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants conservation, production, utilization and trade; To promote general interests and interaction among researchers working on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in different institutions and organizations within the country and abroad and extend its usefulness for the public advantage; To provide a forum for the exchange and dissemination of research information and experiences related to Medicinal and Aromatic Plants; To publish an Open Access Peer Reviewed Scientific Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and also material in the interest of public; To carry out such activities as are relevant to the accomplishment of the above goals. The DMAPR houses Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association of India which publishes the Open Access Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, a scholarly research open access journal related to medicinal and aromatic plants. This institute has got outreach program and it coordinates and monitors research work of 23 centers spread across the country working on various other medicinal and aromatic plants. To its credit, it has released 26 varieties of medicinal plants and seven varieties of aromatic plants.[1] The DMAPR is also maintaining 830 germplasm of medicinal and aromatic plants at their Field Gene Bank.