Explanation:

All statements are correct.

Sea Buckthorn

• In Ladakh, after GI Tag for Apricot (Raktsey Karpo), Pashmina, and Ladakhi Wood Carving, the Geographical Indication Registry has officially granted the GI tag to Ladakh Sea Buckthorn.

• The Leh Berry, or sea buckthorn (Hippophae), is a wonder plant found in Ladakh that yields tiny, sour- tasting orange or yellow berries that are high in vitamins, particularly C.

• Sea buckthorn is also popularly known as Wonder Plant, Ladakh Gold, Golden Bush or Gold Mine of cold deserts.

• There are several nutritional and therapeutic benefits to sea buckthorn products.

• Every part of the plant, including fruit, leaf, twig, root and thorn, has been traditionally used as medicine, nutritional supplement, fuel and fence.

• The root of sea buckthorn is resistant to cold, drought, and barrenness due to nitrogen fixation by rhizobia.

• Rhizobia is a high-quality ecological tree species for improving soil and the ecological environment.

• It has attained Geographical Indication (GI) tag recently and is the 4th product from Ladakh to get the tag.

• Ladakh remains the major site for sea buckthorn with over 70% of the total area (13,000 hectares) on which it is present in the country.

• Sea buckthorn is grown completely organically without the use of any pesticide or other chemicals in Ladakh.

• Farmers face major difficulty in harvesting the berries due to the thorn in the bushes on which they grow.

Hence option 3rd is correct.