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US 2003/0154532 P1Published application
Drought tolerant plant strain of Cymbopogan Commutatus
AssigneeCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research
InventorsAshok Kumar Shahi, Satya Narayan Sharma, Swadesh Pal, Suresh Chandra, Prabhu Dutt, Surendra Singh Balyan, Maharaj Krishen Bhan, Subhash Chandra Taneja, Ravinder Kumar Raina, Vijeshwar Verma, Shazia Zahoor, Maharaj Krishen Kaul, Ghulam Nabi Qazi
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Abstract
A new and distinct plant strain of Cymbopogon designated as Cymbopogon RLJCC1 characterized by its higher yield of oil which is rich in geraniol and geranyl acetate, which is drought tolerant, having faster regeneration and vigorous growth.
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A drought resistant strain of Cymbopogon code named as RLJCC1, as described and illustrated, and having the following characteristics:
- (a) isolated by mass selection technique from the wild collection of Cymbopogon Commutatus,
- (b) the plant characterized as drought tolerant having perennial densely tufted grass and rich herbage with mass flowering pattern.
- (c) the plant rich in geraniol (74.5%) and geranyl acetate (9.2%) and
- (d) the plant having a unique RAPD profile against primers OPA02, OPA07 & OPA09.(Operon Random Primer Codes).
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