Editing Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}

{{Infobox university
| name        = Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB)
| native_name = 
| image_name  = Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding Logo.png
| image_size  = 
| caption     = 
| established = 1988
| type        = [[Education]] and [[Research institute]]
| free_label  = acronym
| free        = IFGTB
| city        = P.B. No. 1061, R.S. Puram P.O. [[Coimbatore]]
| state       = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country     = [[India]] 342005
| coor        = 
| campus      = [[Urban area|Urban]] : Spread over {{convert|163.09|acre|km2}}
| parent      = [[Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education|ICFRE]]
| website     = {{URL|http://ifgtb.icfre.gov.in/}}
}}

'''Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB)'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ifgtb.icfre.gov.in/#|title=Welcome to Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding|website=Ifgtb.icfre.gov.in|access-date=18 December 2018}}</ref> is a Forestry Research institute situated in [[Coimbatore]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. It works under the [[Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education]] (ICFRE)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icfre.org// |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020811000115/http://www.icfre.org/ |archive-date=2002-08-11 }}</ref> of  the [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]], [[Government of India]].Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding is a national institute formed in April, 1988 under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), an autonomous council under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. To identify and evolve varieties of species used in afforestation and social forestry that will contribute to the national goal of achieving a growth of 3 to 4 cubic meters of biomass per ha per year within the ecological considerations applicable to the area.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==See also==
* [[Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education]]

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