Volume: 42 Issue: 1
A geraniol rich variety of lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus (Steud.) Wats.): CIM-Atal
Year: 2020, Page: 64-67, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v42i1.Kulkarni
Received: Feb. 24, 2020 Accepted: June 22, 2020 Published: July 1, 2020
A new geraniol-rich variety of lemongrass, named as CIM-Atal, has been developed by CSIR-CIMAP through directed breeding approach. Before releasing the superiority of the clone 14-3 was checked in different trials over the years. It has a mean oil content of 1.85-2.10 percent, which is higher than that of the best check variety Krishna that has oil content of 1.50-1.80 percent. This variety gave more oil yield (300-325 kg/ha/y) and less herb yield (250-275 q/ha/y) compared to variety Krishna (250-280 kg/ha/y and 280-300 q/ha/y respectively).
Keywords: CIM-Atal, Geraniol, Lemongrass, Variety and population improvement
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Raghavendra N Kulkarni, K Baskaran, Velusamy Sundaresan, Channayya Hiremath, Yogendra ND, Manoj K Yadav, KVN Satya Srinivas, J Kotesh Kumar, Niranjan Kumar, Rajendra C Padalia, Amit Kumar, Alok Kalra, Anil K Tripathi. 2020. A geraniol rich variety of lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus (Steud.) Wats.): CIM-Atal. J Med Aromat Plant Sci 42: 64-67.
