Push for indigenous tulip bulb production headlines tulip festival

In a showcase of agricultural diversification, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), Jammu, on Sunday threw open the CSIR Tulip Fest–2026 to the public at its Field Station Bonera in Pulwama.

The station, known for pursuing research and technologies in medicinal and aromatic crops, has introduced a new facet to its research and technology deployment endeavours under the flagship CSIR Floriculture Mission, launched by the Ministry of Science and Technology to strengthen the commercial floriculture landscape in the region.

Under a dedicated vertical of the Mission for producing indigenous, high-quality germplasm for commercial floricultural cultivars, the institute has made significant progress over the past five years, particularly in the indigenization of tulip bulb production.

Scientists and researchers associated with the Mission have developed robust production and management protocols aimed at creating sustainable and scalable models for the multiplication of indigenous tulip bulbs.