The separate Bioinformatics lab is under progress, hardware/ software is available but procurement of new tools is under process. The various training programs conducted in biodiversity informatics & related subject. The bioinformatics centre is working in close relation with the GIS cell to achieve spatial biodiversity informatics.

The FRI has a well established infrastructure of bioinformatics & GIS laboratory, library, herbarium, arboreta and experimental field areas for providing scientific and training services. The forest bioinformatics, GIS & RS, genetics & tree propagation, Forest pathology (Molecular plants pathological lab), tissue culture discipline, nanotechnology research in forestry, statistical modeling of trees & biodiversity and Climate Change with forest ecosystem are the main research domain those are working biotechnology aspect of forestry.

For more information: http://fri.icfre.gov.in