Ganesh Babu N M

Biography

Achievements: Established Ethno Medicinal Garden with over 1500 spp. of medicinal plants collected from various bio-climatic/eco zones of India. Developed propagation and nursery protocol for more than 700 species of medicinal plants including endemic and Red Listed Medicinal Plants. Distributed about 1 million medicinal plants saplings all over India for establishing ecosystem specific home/school/institution herbal gardens. Developed gardening and landscaping techniques using native medicinal plants. Conducted many outreach programs for households, school children and general public regarding the utility and the conservation of medicinal plants. Created awareness among nurseries and landscape architects to use medicinal plants

Research Interest

Introduce wild medicinal plants in the regular landscapes with their authentic benefits for the lives and environment. Taxonomy of angiosperms with special reference to medicinal plants. Research on Interior gardening using medicinal plants. Plant animal Interactions with reference to socio-economic and ecological benefits. Floristic investigations. Ethnobotany and importance of vernacular names of plant species.