Central Living Gene Bank Database & RDBMS Portal

The Maharashtra Gene Bank central database, hosted and coordinated at IISER Pune, provides open-access digital repositories of verified specimens, germplasm passports, molecular barcodes, GIS spatial polygons, and traditional community knowledge recorded across the state.

1,961
Microbial Isolates
996
Crop Accessions
45
Marine Sponges
35
Sacred Devrais
Crop Landrace Repository
Crop Landrace & Germplasm Registry

996 documented accessions across 18 crop groups including wild tubers, minor millets, rice landraces, and indigenous legumes with agro-morphological characterization.

Marine Sponge & Microbial Taxa
Marine Invertebrates & Microbes

45 coastal sponge species voucher catalogues, 16S rRNA gene sequences, bioactive microbial screening assays, and underwater photographic documentation from Konkan.

Livestock Pedigree & Breed Registry
Indigenous Livestock Breeds Registry

Pedigree books, phenotypic morphometry, milk yield performance, and disease resistance data for Dangi cattle, Berari goats, Osmanabadi, and Deccani sheep.

Freshwater Tank Fisheries Database
Malguzari Tanks & Inland Fish Index

Inventory of 12 restored historical tanks across eastern Vidarbha, containing seasonal catch returns, indigenous fish species occurrence, and water quality parameters.

Grassland Herbarium & Avifauna Index
Fodder Grasses & Avifaunal Survey

Botanical herbarium scans of indigenous nutritional grass species, dry-matter biomass productivity records, and seasonal Lesser Florican sighting coordinates.

Sacred Groves & Forest Flora Database
Sacred Devrais & Botanical Flora

Floristic checklists of 35 northern Western Ghats relic sacred groves, documenting rare, endangered, and threatened (RET) medicinal trees and community protection rules.

Direct Access to the Central RDBMS Data Portal

Researchers, university scholars, and state biodiversity boards can query relational datasets, download specimen metadata, and request physical germplasm access through the central portal.

Launch Central IISER Pune RDBMS Portal →