Volume: 44 Issue: 2
Development of high-oil and high-citronellal Eucalyptus citriodora clone CIM-NANDI
Year: 2022, Page: 66-71, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v44i2.H
Received: March 29, 2022 Accepted: April 28, 2022 Published: Oct. 27, 2022
Eucalyptus citriodora (E.C.) is an important aromatic tree species in nature. It has wide applications in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical areas. The essential oil of the E.C. mainly consists of citronellal (80%); the world annual production of E.C. is around 250 tons and is produced primarily in Brazil and China; however, the estimated requirement is >1000 tons/ year. So, it is essential to increase oil production to meet the demands of the industries. However, at this point, not a single high-yielding E.C. variety is available for cultivation from CSIR-CIMAP, and the general local cultivar is low yielding. Growing available local cultivars makes producing more oil difficult without the additional burden on primary agriculture arable land. We have developedhigh-oil and high-citronellal Eucalyptus citriodora clone CIM – Nandi to pursue this goal.
Keywords: CIM – Nandi, Citronellal, Clone and Mass selection, Eucalyptus citriodora
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Channayya H, Baskaran K, Sundaresan V, Nagegowda DA, Verma RS, Satyasrinivas KVN, Kumar N, Pragadheesh VS, Singh S, Kalra A. 2022. Development of high-oil and high-citronellal Eucalyptus citriodora clone CIM-NANDI. J Med Aromat Plant sci 44: 66-71.
