Publication number: 20060031957
Abstract: Indian basil, Ocimum basilicum, belongs to the family of Lamiaceae. The essential oil of Indian basil extracted via hydro or steam distillation from the leaves or whole plants is used to flavour foods, dental and oral products, in fragrances, and in traditional rituals and medicines. Extracted essential oil has also been shown to contain biologically active constituents that are insecticidal, nematicidal, fungistatic or which have antimicrobial properties. The present invention relates to the development of an early, short duration, dwarf, high essential oil, methyl chavicol and linalool yielding variety of Indian basil (Ocimum basilicum), Family—Lamiaceae) named as ‘CIM-SAUMYA’. This new variety of Indian basil was developed through open pollination in the germplasm followed by half-sib progeny selection and evaluation for the yield characters of selected population for 3 years in field conditions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 6, 2004
Publication date:
February 9, 2006
Applicant:
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
Inventors:
Suman Khanuja, Raj Lal, Arun Agnihotri, Ajit Shasany, Ali Naqvi, Samresh Dwivedi, Hari Misra, Om Dhawan, Alok Kalra, Aparbal Singh, Janak Bahl, Saudan Singh, Dharani Patra, Shilpi Agarwal, Mahendra Darokar, Anil Gupta, Moti Gupta, Ram Chandra