Volume: 43 Issue: 2
Periwinkle- A contingent crop for barren and scanty rainfall areas
Year: 2021, Page: 72-78, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v43i2.AC
Received: Feb. 13, 2021 Accepted: April 24, 2021 Published: July 1, 2021
Periwinkle has been cultivated as a garden plant in India, and it is acclimatized to local conditions. The plant has been used in traditional medicine since ages in various parts of the world. The plant has been catapulted into the international limelight of modern medicine owing to utilization of vincristine series of alkaloids from its leaves which have been used extensively for the treatment of various types of cancer and malignant growth. Indian farmers have been looking for better alternative crops due to gradual reduction in profitability owing to decline in productivity, increased incidence of disease and pest attack in traditional crops. Their hardy nature and higher returns make periwinkle cultivation a better option. There is immense scope for cultivating periwinkle in barren land areas, with minimum availability of irrigation water. In India, this drought tolerant annual plant is cultivated under rain-fed condition in barren land by small and marginal farmers of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states of India. There is an increasing demand worldwide for its alkaloids making its cultivation profitable in India.
Keywords: Barren land, Catharanthus roseus, Cultivation, Medicinal use, Periwinkle
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