|
Crop Improvement
Plant
Genetic Resource (PGR) Management :
Importance of PGR activities
was recognised in the project and was taken up on priority at all the AICRP
centres for exhaustive collection, evaluation, conservation
and documentation of germplasm of medicinal and aromatic plants. This
activity has also been included in the mandate of the on going National
Agricultural Technology Project of Plant Biodiversity. Valuable genetic stocks
of Aswagandha (48), Geranium (6), Isabgol (47), Khasi kateri (7), Long pepper
(64), Liquorice (5), Periwinkle (8), Valeriana (40), Vetiver (37), Guggal
(50), Henbane (14), Kacholam (12), Mucuna (44), Safed musli (52),
Aloe (72), Asparagus (9), Gentiana (12), Tinospora (12), Heracleum
(10), Jasmine (109), Patchouli (7), Sylibum (10) and Coleus (13) are
maintained at various AICRP centres and NRC for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.
The evaluation and characterisation of these accessions are in
continuous process.
Varietal
Development
Multi-location evaluation trials conducted under the AICRP on Medicinal
and Aromatic Plants have resulted in the identification and release of twenty
five new improved varieties of medicinal plants of fourteen species
and seven varieties of aromatic plants of six species.
List
of Improved Varieties of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
|
Sl
NO
|
CROP
|
VARIETY
|
DEVELOPED
AT
|
YEAR
OF RELEASE
|
|
MEDICINAL
PLANTS
|
| 1 |
Chlorophytum
borivilianum (Safed musli) |
JS405 |
Mandsaur |
2004 |
|
2
|
Cassia
angustifolia (Senna)
|
Anand
Late Selection
|
Anand
|
1989
|
|
3
|
Diascoria
floribunda
|
FB(C)-1
|
Bangalore
|
1974
|
|
4
|
Diascoria
floribunda
|
Arka
Upakar
|
Bangalore
|
1980
|
|
5
|
Digitalis
lanata (Foxglove)
|
D.76
|
Solan
|
1991
|
|
6
|
Glaucium
flavum (Yellow Horned Poppy)
|
H47-3
|
Solan
|
1991
|
|
7
|
Glycyrrhiza
glabra (Liquorice)
|
Haryana
Mulhatti-1
|
Hisar
|
1989
|
|
8
|
Hyoscyamus
muticus (Egyptian Henbane)
|
HMI-80-1
|
Indore
|
_
|
|
9
|
Lepidium
sativum (Cress)
|
GA-1
|
Anand
|
1998
|
|
10
|
Rauvolfia
serpentina (Sarpagandha)
|
RI-1
|
Indore
|
_
|
|
11
|
Papaver
somniferum (Opium
poppy)
|
Jawahar
Aphim 16
|
Mandsaur
|
1984
|
|
11
|
Papaver
somniferum
(Opium poppy)
|
Kirtiman
|
Faizabad
|
1990
|
|
13
|
Papaver
somniferum
(Opium poppy)
|
Jawahar
Opium 539
|
Mandsaur
|
1997
|
|
14
|
Papaver
somniferum (Opium
poppy)
|
Jawahar
Opium 540
|
Mandsaur
|
1998
|
|
15
|
Papaver
somniferum
(Opium poppy)
|
Chetak
Aphim
|
Udaipur
|
1994
|
|
16
|
Papaver
somniferum
(Opium poppy)
|
Trisna
|
Delhi
|
_
|
|
17
|
Piper
longum (Long pepper)
|
Viswam
|
Trichur
|
1996
|
|
18
|
Plantago
ovata (Isabgol)
|
Gujarat
Isabgol- 1
|
Anand
|
1976
|
|
19
|
Plantago
ovata (Isabgol)
|
Gujarat
Isabgol-2
|
Anand
|
1983
|
|
20
|
Plantago
ovata (Isabgol)
|
Haryana
Isabgol-5
|
Hisar
|
1989
|
|
21
|
Plantago
ovata (Isabgol)
|
Jawahar
Isabgol-4
|
Mandsaur
|
1996
|
|
22
|
Solanum
laciniatum
|
NH
88-12
|
Solan
|
1991
|
|
23
|
Solanum
viarum (Khasi Kateri)
|
Arka
Sanjeevani
|
Bangalore
|
1989
|
|
24
|
Solanum
viarum (Khasi Kateri)
|
Arka
Mahima
|
Bangalore
|
1992
|
|
25
|
Withania
somnifera (Aswagandha)
|
Jawahar
Asgand-20
|
Mandsaur
|
1989
|
|
26
|
Withania
somnifera (Aswagandha)
|
Jawahar
Asgand-134
|
Mandsaur
|
1998
|
|
AROMATIC
PLANTS
|
|
1
|
Cymbopogon
flexuosus (Lemon Grass)
|
NLG-84
|
Faizabad
|
1994
|
|
2
|
C.
martinii Var. Motia (Palmarosa)
|
Rosha
Grass-49
|
Hisar
|
1989
|
|
3
|
C.martinii
Var. Motia (Palmarosa)
|
CI-80-68
|
Indore
|
_
|
|
4
|
Jasminum
grandiflorum (Jasmine)
|
Arka
Surabhi
|
Bangalore
|
1993
|
|
5
|
Mentha
spicata (Spearmint)
|
Punjab
Spearmint-1
|
Solan
|
1991
|
|
6
|
Valeriana
jatamansi (Mushakbala)
|
Dalhousi
Clone
|
Solan
|
1994
|
|
7
|
Vetiveria
zizanioides (Vetiver)
|
Hyb-8
|
Delhi
|
_
|
|
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